Tree inventory of the Pompéia neighborhood - Santos - SP. Sandra Regina Pardini Pivelli

Abstract

The district of Pompeia is located in the western part of the city of Santos. It has a predominantly residential character with around 12 thousand inhabitants. It is bordered to the north by the Campo Grande neighborhood along General Francisco Glicério Avenue, to the south by the Atlantic Ocean, to the west by the José Menino neighborhood on Pinheiro Machado Avenue (Channel 1) and to the east by the Gonzaga neighborhood by Avenue Bernardino de Campos (Channel 2). There are two monuments that have certainly influenced its afforestation: the Church of Pompeia and the mansions of Universidade Católica de Santos protected by the Conselho Municipal de Defesa do Patrimônio Histórico e Cultural de Santos. From December 2018 to February 2019, the trees present on the sidewalk and in Praça Benedito Calixto and João Barbalho were quantitatively and qualitatively inventoried, with the main objective of updating the Arborization Module of the Santos Georeferencing System (SigSantos), identifying as a priority the richness and abundance of the plant community. A total of 41 species were counted, totaling 373 individuals belonging to 20 families. Fabaceae (n = 9), Bignoniaceae (n = 7) and Myrtaceae (n = 4) were the most numerous, Ingá Inga laurina (Sw.) Willd. (n = 75), Sabão-de-soldado Sapindus saponaria L. (n = 60), Quaresmeira Tibouchina granulosa Cogn. (n = 25) and Ipê-amarelo Handroanthus chrysotrichus Mart (n = 24) were the most representative. The species are mostly exotic (n = 21), which value the landscape function of afforestation. However, the presence of regional natives is already significant (n = 9). The data of this inventory were inserted in the SigSantos and can be used in the maintenance and planning of the afforestation of the municipality. In this digital platform we also added the circumference of each tree to 1.30 m of the soil, its height and cup diameter estimated, as well as data on plant health, interference in aerial cabling and underground network.