Porto Ferreira State Park

Porto Ferreira State Park
Parque Estadual Porto Ferreira
IUCN category II (national park)

Parque Estadual de Porto Ferreira
Map showing the location of Porto Ferreira State Park
Nearest city Porto Ferreira, São Paulo
Coordinates 21°50′59″S 47°26′08″W / 21.849722°S 47.435556°W / -21.849722; -47.435556Coordinates: 21°50′59″S 47°26′08″W / 21.849722°S 47.435556°W / -21.849722; -47.435556
Area 611 ha (1,510 acres)
Designation State park
Created 12 March 1987
Administrator Fundação Florestal

The Porto Ferreira State Park Portuguese: Parque Estadual Porto Ferreira is a state park in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Location

The Porto Ferreira State Park is in the municipality of Porto Ferreira, 227 kilometres (141 mi) from the city of São Paulo. It has an area of 611 hectares (1,510 acres).[1]

History

The Porto Ferreira State Reserve as created by decree 40.991 of 6 November 1962. It became the Porto Ferreira State Park by decree 26.891 of 12 March 1987.[1]

Environment

The park has about 180 hectares (440 acres) of cerrado forest, 400 hectares (990 acres) of seasonal semi-deciduous forest and 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) of riparian forest along the banks of the Mogi-Guaçu River. The cerrado holds 200 species of trees including pau-terra, barbartimão, cinzeiro, capitão-do-campo and pimenta-de-macaco. The seasonal semi-deciduous forest includes large species, such as the jequitibá-rosa, figueira, cedro and the peroba.[1]

The forest provides a refuge for species such as the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus), southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla), lowland paca (Cuniculus paca), titi monkeys, and birds such as undulated tinamou (Crypturellus undulatus) and the turquoise-fronted amazon (Amazona aestiva).[1]

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