Included here are the so-called Atlantic forests zones of southeastern Brazil and adjacent areas of Argentina and Paraquay.

Atlantic Montane Forest of Argentina

Confined to the hills and mountains of central eastern and northeastern parts of Misiones, these forests have much in common with the lowland Laurel and Guatambu forest with an abundance of Nectandra species (laurels) and the endemic Balfourodendron riedelianum (Rutaceae), but they also have a number of distinctive elements. In particular, they support an abundance of tree ferns of the genera Alsophyla, Dickinsonia and Trichipteris and as a consequence this forest has been called the tree fern district. Other notable plants include Cyperus burkartii and Nothoscordum moconense.

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