Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

Glossary Details:

Title: Restinga vegetation. Photo by S. A. Mori.

Description: Restinga vegetation along the Atlantic coast of Bahia, Brazil. This vegetation type is usually dominated by shrubs and small trees and is located between the beach vegetation and the higher forests inland. The person in the photo is André Mauricio de Carvalho in 1979.

Term:

Restinga

Definition:

Portuguese term referring to a diverse array of vegetation found on sandy soil in a narrow band along the Brazilian coast between the high-tide mark and taller forests farther inland.