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Шаблон:Infobox protected area The Espigão Alto State Forest Park (Шаблон:Lang-pt) is a state park in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It protects an area of old forest of which araucarias are the most prominent species.

Location

The Espigão Alto State Park is in the Espigão district of the municipality of Barracão, Rio Grande do Sul.Шаблон:Sfn It has an area of Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn The park is in the Araucarias Plateau, in the region of Campos de Cima da Serra, in the northeast of the state. It is Шаблон:Convert from Porto Alegre, the state capital.Шаблон:Sfn The park is in the Brazilian Highlands, near the Uruguay River in the valley of the Marmeleiro stream.Шаблон:Sfn

History

The Espigão Alto Forest Reserve was created by state decree 658 of 10 March 1949. It was transformed into a state park by law 2.440 of 2 October 1954.Шаблон:Sfn Law 8.893 of 2 August 1989 allowed for the cultivation of exotic forest species that already existed in this and other state forest parks.Шаблон:Sfn The park was registered as being part of the state's natural and cultural heritage on 23 July 1994.Шаблон:Sfn Decree 42.000 of 9 December 2002 declared the land covered by the park as being of public utility for the purpose of expropriation as a step towards regularizing land ownership in the park.Шаблон:Sfn As of 2013 the park was open only to researchers and to students receiving environmental education.Шаблон:Sfn

Environment

The park preserves a large remnant of Araucaria forest (mixed rainforest) and smaller remnants of the Upper Uruguay Forest (seasonal deciduous forest).Шаблон:Sfn Flora includes araucaria forest, as well as species such as cedar, Шаблон:Lang, laurel, cinnamon, Шаблон:Lang and Шаблон:Lang.Шаблон:Sfn Some of the plants in the park are centuries old. The shade-growing Шаблон:Lang (Dicksonia sellowiana), which is threatened with extinction, can take up to 100 years to reach a height of Шаблон:Convert. The most conspicuous trees are the araucarias, which once covered 25% of the state but have been reduced to 1%. One of the araucarias is over Шаблон:Convert tall and is estimated from the width of its trunk to be more than 300 years old.Шаблон:Sfn

The forest is a refuge for wild animals such as pacas, robust capuchin monkeys, pygmy brocket (Mazama nana) and ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), as well as species of birds such as the vinaceous-breasted amazon (Amazona vinacea), red-spectacled amazon (Amazona pretrei), scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber) and azure jay (Cyanocorax caeruleus).Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

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