Cerrado plants, shrubs and fruits

Introduction

** Attracted long time by the Kingdom Plantae, which is one of the natural riches that make up our environment, this site aims to raise awareness of biomass Cerrado.
it is needless to say that biomass is one of those geographical areas massacred by financial interests and irresponsible policies that respect nothing since only count the profits. A fine example of what can be human action ever, for a large majority, to distinguish themselves catastrophically in recent decades !!! ...
The approach witch I proposed here is mainly guided by the presentation of some plants, flowers in the majority, shrubs or fruits.

Flowering plants encountered here are shown by color (on this subject, the same species can occur in different colors).
Various selection options are available from the Detailed classification of plants where access is available from each page catalog, but the botanical data are still limited to be recorded. Gradually this is done ...

Finally, some information may be found in the botanical families which information is probably doomed to be modified due to advances in research technology.

Importante
The massive destruction of forests, especially here in Brazil with the Amazon, is the consequence of absurd policies that do not take into account the interests of the populations, whatever they are, whether they are the indigenous populations or the future generations of any region of the country.
A new government, the result of a broad coalition between the center and the right, with a much more evolved tendency than the far-right previous one, has fortunately taken place in order to govern this country with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. strong political division within the population, we can hope for a clear improvement in what has been left aside in recent years such as the education sector, that of environmental protection and that of respect for institutions and human beings.
Finally, you will find at the bottom of this page, in a completely different area, but nevertheless subject to the same destruction by human being, a possibility of visiting a tiny part of the Northeast region of Brazil, here the East coast.

The Cerrado has a type of vegetation composing brazilian phytogeography and it is also the second most important vegetation cover of the country (occupies 24% of the national territory), surpassed only by the Amazon rainforest.
It is extended over eleven States of Brazil and also in the Federal District; it is considered as the cradle of the waters of the country.
However, its surface has deeply decreased along the years width the human intervention.
The region of Cerrado has a tropical climate with two well defined seasons (which can be modified by climatic changes):

* a rainy period (October till April),
* another dry one, from May till September.

It covers the states of the Central-West region of Brazil like the State of Goiás, the State of Mato Grosso, the States of Mato Grosso do Sul and of Distrito Federal, as well as the southern states of Pará and Maranhão, the interior of Tocantins, part of the west of the State of Bahia, as well as the three-quarters of the State of Minas Gerais (western part of the Cordillera do Espinhasse) and the northern of the State of São Paulo.

A vegetation consisting, in principle, by species that adapt to the two distinct seasons (as occurs in the Midwest), deciduous and with deep roots (and small, with twisted branches and thick sheets).
The Cerrado comprises various characteristics of vegetation, being, that way, classified into sub systems:
field, cerrado, nativ cerrado, forests, riparian forests of streams, paths, and wetland environments, etc.
In general, the grounds are poor and very acid.

The various landscapes of Cerrado.

Some photos are available to show the regions enclosed in the area covered by the biomass Cerrado, but we only present here the places with particularities or the beauty of nature.

A great part of the country is constituted of a mountainous relief crossed by valleys with streams or more or less important rivers.
This part of Brazil is considered the center of waters of the country.
Hence, many rivers (Tocantins, etc) will descend by the north, or the east to irrigate regions and states (Click on the image above).

In order to better discover the regions of Cerrado presented here, follow this link

The Cordillera of Espinhass.
(State of Minas Gerais to the south and Bahia to the north)

Relatively long chain of mountains (around 1000 km) and narrow (width between 50 km and 100 km), it is crossed by numerous valleys and peaks.
This cordillera is responsible for the river supply networks division between the São Francisco river and the other streams that will throw directly into the Atlantic Ocean.
To the north are the mountains forming the Chapada Diamantina in the State of Bahia (Click on the image below).

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Cerrado biomass - Expo of photographs

***Plants (flowers and shrubs) and fruits of the Cerrado's biomass ...***Composition of photographs ***Reflection and water transparency ...***Odd met ...

Other context - Maritime environment

***The coast of the Nordeste region in Brazil - Visit