Estrutura e composição do estrato herbáceo em um remanescente de Floresta Semidecidual Submontana no Nordeste do Brasil
The vegetation of a Submontane Semidecidual Seasonal Forest in the Private Natural Heritage Reserve Pedra D’Anta Farm, in Pernambuco State, Brazil, was sampled with the following objectives: 1- to inventory the terrestrial herbs; 2- to characterize the structure of the herbaceous synusiae; 3- to characterize the geographic distribution of terrestrial herbs; and 4- to characterize the heliophyte and sciophyte herbs. Arbitrary walks were performed for a general survey of species, and 20 transects were used to sample the structure in 50 plots of 1 m² each. Frequencies and densities were calculated, with diversity measured by the indicator of specific richness (S) and the Shannon index (H'). A total of 107 species in 75 genera and 39 families were collected, with 25 of these species included in the phytosociological study. Poaceae was the family with the highest number of species in both floristic and phytosociological studies. The species Parodiolyra micrantha and Oplismenus hirtellus were the most frequent and abundant. Species diversity (H') was 2.85 nats. The herbaceous layer was found to be rich, having a composition consisting mostly of widely dispersed species, with a prevalence of herbal hemicryptophytes. Although the study area presents a fragmented landscape and occurrence of many ruderal species, it represents a refuge for rare species like Psilochilus modestus and Streptochaeta spicata.