Flora
The predominant vegetation of the Park is a forest conformed primarily by trees that usually reach 15 to 20 meters of high, with abundant specimens of the Meliaceae family, such as: the cedar (Cedrela fissilis), Katigua Pytâ (Trichilla catigua); Palmae family: Palmito (Euterpe edulis); and Myrtaceae family: Ñangapiry (Eugenia enflora), Yvaporaity (Myrciaria rivularis). Secondly by a forest of tall trees of wide leaves. This kind of forest is easily recognized because of its general appearance, with trees that can reach 35 meters of high, with predominance of the Leguiminosae family, such as: the Yvyrá Pytâ (Peltophorum dubium), Yvyrá ro (Pterogyne nitens); the Boraginaceae family: Petereby (Cordia dichotoma); and the Moraceae family: Tatajyva (Cholorophora tinctoria) and Amba’y (Cecropia pachystachya). Aside from these forests, the park also has a riparian forest, with smaller specimens, mostly of the Euphorbiaceae family. It also has, a diversity of ferns and orchids.
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