Campos rupestres

Campos rupestres
Campos rupestres
	Campos rupestres in Serra do Espinhaço, Brazil.
Ecology
Realm	Neotropical
Biome	Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Borders	Bahia interior forests; Serra do Mar coastal forests; Cerrado; Caatinga;
Geography
Area	26,417 km2 (10,200 sq mi)
Country	Brazil
States	São Paulo; Minas Gerais; Rio de Janeiro; Espírito Santo; Bahia;
Conservation
Conservation status	Threatened
Protected	26.46%

The campo rupestre ("rupestrian grassland") is a discontinuous montane subtropical ecoregion occurring across three different biomes in Brazil: Cerrado, Atlantic Forest and Caatinga. Originally, campo rupestre was used to characterize the montane vegetation of the Espinhaço Range, but recently this term has been broadly applied by the scientific community to define high altitudinal fire-prone areas dominated by grasslands and rocky outcrops.

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