Porto Ferreira State Park


The Porto Ferreira State Park 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, from the city of São Paulo.
It has an area of.

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.

Environment

The park has about of cerrado forest, of seasonal semi-deciduous forest and 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.
The forest provides a refuge for species such as the maned wolf, southern tamandua, lowland paca, titi monkeys, and birds such as undulated tinamou and the turquoise-fronted amazon.