Abstract
The Ipanema National Forest (FLONA de Ipanema), a Brazilian Federal Conservation Unit (UC) located in the municipality of Iperó, currently preserves one of the largest forest fragments in an urbanized area of ¿¿the state of São Paulo, housing a great diversity of flora in remnants of Ombrophilous Forest, Semideciduous Seasonal Forest and Cerrado. In addition to its ecological importance, …