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Abstract:The floristic survey of vascular epiphytes was done in the northern part of the Prata Mountain Range (48° 41' 59.39" W and 25° 36' 46.39" S), Morretes municipality, comprising 6.3 ha of a slope between 400 and 1,100 m a.s.l., covered by submontane and montane Atlantic Rainforest. The aims of this study were: 1) characterize the vascular epiphytic flora; 2) discuss the species distribution along the slope and in ecological categories; 3) evaluate the floristic similarity among the study area and other forests of South and Southeastern Brazil. The present survey was carried out between 2005 and 2010. One hundred twenty phorophytes were climbed and closely examined. Two hundred seventy-eight species, 109 genus and 30 families of vascular epiphytes were recorded. Pteridophytes comprised 74 species, 30 genus and 10 families. Angiosperms comprised 204 species, 79 genus and 20 families. The vascular epiphytic richness was the highest registered in studies of Atlantic Rainforest in South Brazil. Seven species were the first records for the Paraná State and six are threatened considering the Paraná state official list of endangered species. Orchidaceae was de richest family, with 103 (37.2%) species and 43 (39.1%) genus, followed by Bromeliaceae (38), Polypodiaceae (28), Hymenophyllaceae (15), Araceae (14) and Piperaceae (14). The holoepiphytes were the dominant group, comprising 83% of the total. Only 54 (19.5%) species were recorded in all altitudinal belts. Other 131 (47.3%) species were recorded only under the 700 m a.s.l. and 54 (19.5%) were found just above the 800 m a.s.l. The floristic similarity between the two extremities of the studied slope was low, showing the importance of the altitude for the species distribution. Resumo: O levantamento de epífitas vasculares foi realizado na porção norte da Serra da Prata (48° 41' 59,39" O e 25° 36' 46,39" S), município de Morretes, abrangendo 6,3 ha de encosta situada entre 400 e 1.100 m s.n.m., coberta por Floresta Ombrófila Densa Submontana e Montana. Os objetivos do trabalho foram: 1) caracterizar a flora epifítica vascular; 2) discutir sua distribuição altitudinal e nas categorias ecológicas; 3) avaliar a similaridade florística com outras áreas do sul e sudeste do Brasil. O levantamento foi efetivado entre 2005 e 2010. Cento e vinte forófitos, distribuídos por quatro altitudes (400, 600, 800 e 1.000 m), foram escalados e detalhadamente vasculhados. Foram registradas 278 espécies, 109 gêneros e 30 famílias de epífitas vasculares. Pteridófitas englobaram 74 espécies, 30 gêneros e 10 famílias. Angiospermas totalizaram 204 espécies, 79 gêneros e 20 famílias. A riqueza de epífitas vasculares foi a maior já registrada em estudos de Floresta Ombrófila Densa no sul do Brasil. Sete espécies tiveram seu primeiro registro para o Paraná e seis enquadraram-se como ameaçadas em nível estadual. Orchidaceae foi a mais rica, com 103 (37,2%) espécies e 43 (39,1%) gêneros, seguida de Bromeliaceae (38), Polypodiaceae (28), Hymenophyllaceae (15), Araceae (14) e Piperaceae (14)....

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Epiphytes are hyper‐diverse and one of the frequently undervalued life forms in plant surveys and biodiversity inventories. Epiphytes of the Atlantic Forest, one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, have high endemism and radiated recently in the Pliocene. We aimed to (1) compile an extensive Atlantic Forest data set on vascular, non‐vascular plants (including hemiepiphytes), and lichen epiphyte species occurrence and abundance; (2) describe the epiphyte distribution in the Atlantic Forest, in order to indicate future sampling efforts. Our work presents the first epiphyte data set with information on abundance and occurrence of epiphyte phorophyte species. All data compiled here come from three main sources provided by the authors: published sources (comprising peer‐reviewed articles, books, and theses), unpublished data, and herbarium data. We compiled a data set composed of 2,095 species, from 89,270 holo/hemiepiphyte records, in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, recorded from 1824 to early 2018. Most of the records were from qualitative data (occurrence only, 88%), well distributed throughout the Atlantic Forest. For quantitative records, the most common sampling method was individual trees (71%), followed by plot sampling (19%), and transect sampling (10%). Angiosperms (81%) were the most frequently registered group, and Bromeliaceae and Orchidaceae were the families with the greatest number of records (27,272 and 21,945, respectively). Ferns and Lycophytes presented fewer records than Angiosperms, and Polypodiaceae were the most recorded family, and more concentrated in the Southern and Southeastern regions. Data on non‐vascular plants and lichens were scarce, with a few disjunct records concentrated in the Northeastern region of the Atlantic Forest. For all non‐vascular plant records, Lejeuneaceae, a family of liverworts, was the most recorded family. We hope that our effort to organize scattered epiphyte data help advance the knowledge of epiphyte ecology, as well as our understanding of macroecological and biogeographical patterns in the Atlantic Forest. No copyright restrictions are associated with the data set. Please cite this Ecology Data Paper if the data are used in publication and teaching events.

O estudo teve como objetivo caracterizar aspectos climáticos, com enfoque na temperatura e umidade relativa do ar e sua influência sobre a distribuição da vegetação numa encosta da Serra da Prata, Morretes, Paraná, coberta pelas formações Submontana e Montana da Floresta Ombrófila Densa. Entre julho de 2009 e junho de 2010 foram obtidos dados meteorológicos, aos 400 e 1.000 m s.n.m. As temperaturas médias no período foram 19,0 ºC (400 m) e 16,3 ºC (1.000 m). A taxa de redução térmica com a elevação altitudinal foi 0,44 ºC/100 m. Detectou-se uma região de transição climática em torno dos 700 m de altitude, com o clima Cfb acima e o Cfa abaixo. A isoterma da temperatura média de 13 ºC no mês mais frio, estimada para a região dos 800 m s.n.m., coincide com o limite inferior de ocorrência da formação Montana, denotando a influência das baixas temperaturas na diferenciação da vegetação. As médias de umidade relativa do ar foram elevadas, devido ao constante aporte das massas de ar úmido oriundas do oceano. As médias das amplitudes diárias de temperatura e umidade foram muito semelhantes para as duas altitudes, demonstrando que a variação altitudinal parece não exercer influência sobre suas variações diárias na encosta estudada.Palavras-chave:  Gradiente altitudinal; Serra do Mar; Floresta Atlântica; temperatura; umidade relativa do ar. AbstractClimate and his influence over the Atlantic Dense Rainforest distribution in the Prata Mountain Range, Morretes, Paraná, South Brazil. This study aimed to characterize climatic aspects, focusing air temperature and relative humidity, as well as its influence to vegetation distribution in a slope of Prata Mountain Range, Morretes, Paraná, covered by Submontane and Montane formations of the Atlantic Rainforest. Between July of 2009 and June of 2010 meteorological data was collected, at 400 and 1,000 m a.s.l. The average temperature along this period was 19.0 ºC (400 m) and 16.3 ºC (1,000 m). The temperature lapse rate was 0.44 ºC/100 m. It was detected a climatic transition region at about 700 m a.s.l., with the Cfb type above, and the Cfa type below. The isotherm of the average temperature of 13 ºC in the coldest month, estimated for the region of about 800 m a.s.l., agrees with the inferior limit of the Montane formation, denoting influence of low temperatures in the vegetation distinction. The air relative humidity average was high, because the regular arrival of moist air masses from the ocean. The average of daily amplitude of temperature and relative humidity were very similar for both studied altitudes, denoting not apparent influence of the altitudinal variation to the daily variation of these climatic variables in the slope.Keywords:              Altitudinal gradient; Serra do Mar; Atlantic Ombrophilous Dense Forest; temperature; air relative humidity.