Bromeliads promote plant diversity in the forest by enriching the soil with nutrients (IMAGE)

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Bromeliads promote plant diversity in the forest by enriching the soil with nutrients

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A bromeliad high up in a tree at the Santa Virgínia Center in the Serra do Mar State Park. Water accumulates in its tanks, concentrating nutrients that fertilize the soil below during rainfall events 

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Rafael S. Oliveira/IB-UNICAMP

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