Jaú National Park

Jaú National Park

Introduction

Jaú National Park (JNP) is located approximately 200 kilometers northwest of Manaus. Originally, it was at the confluence of the Jaú River and the Blackwater River. Later, the right bank of the Jaú River gradually expanded, extending all the way to the mouth of the Carabinani River. Then, the park continued to expand upward along the right bank of the Carabinani River until it met the Black River once again. The park’s elevation ranges from 0 to 200 meters. The forest within the park connects with the continuous forests spread across the vast central plains of the Amazon, and it is surrounded by the low-lying Black River, creating a unique scenic landscape in the area.

Representative plants include those found in tropical rainforests dominated by terrestrial environments, lush and green, which are spared from flooding during the flood season. Such forests are generally layered, with about 180 plant species per hectare; open tropical rainforests — clearly, this type of rainforest is related in both appearance and ecology to tropical rainforests. Its main features include shorter trees, slender trunks, a tree canopy layer, and often accompanied by many epiphytic plants from the same genus.

In addition, due to growth in sandy soils with relatively poor nutrient supply, there are on average only 108 plant species per hectare, among which light-colored, drought-tolerant, deciduous shrub forests make up the largest proportion. Here, taller dominant trees, as well as epiphytes and lianas, are relatively scarce and rarely seen.

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