Florística e estrutura da comunidade herbácea e arbustiva da Praia do Ferrugem, Garopaba-SCAbstract
Ferrugem Beach is made up of Quaternary sediments and Crystaline Complex outcrops which are present on the southern coast of Santa Catarina State, in the town of Garopaba. A survey of the sand dune vegetation was carried out in Oçtober 1989. Fifty quadrats, 1m² in area, were sampled in a random-systematic arrangement in the herbaceous vegetation. The species cover was recorded according to Daubenmire's cover scale. Species presence was recorted in the shrubby vegetation. The various habitats are described, together with dominant species based on phytosociological data. A check-list of the species is given as well as a diagrammatic profile of a typical shrub thicket.
"restinga"; coastal dune; vegetation; flora; Santa Catarina