The Barreiro Rico Ecological Station (Portuguese: Estação Ecológica do Barreiro Rico) is a state-level ecological station (ESEC) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
The Barreiro Rico Ecological Station is in the municipality of Anhembi, São Paulo.[1]
It has an area of 292.82 hectares (723.6 acres).[2]
The ESEC is classified as IUCN protected area category Ia (strict nature reserve).
It is administered by the Fundação para Conservação e a Produção Florestal do Estado de São Paulo.[3]
The ESEC is part of a forest block of 1,451 hectares (3,590 acres).[4]
The Barreiro Rico Ecological Station was created by decree 51.381 of 19 December 2006 by Cláudio Lembo, governor of São Paulo state.
The purpose was to protect a remaining fragment of Atlantic Forest and its primate population.[2]
The climate is Köppen type Cwa, with a rainy season from September to March and a dry season from April to August.
Altitude varies from 500 to 580 metres (1,640 to 1,900 ft) above sea level.
The forest block contains fragments of semi-deciduous submontane vegetation.
There is a closed enclave of cerrado of about 5 hectares (12 acres) in the southeast of the forest block.
The ESEC was created to try to preserve this enclave and the surrounding forest.[5]
Thirty species of medium and large mammals have been recorded, including seven that are threatened in São Paulo.[4]
