the
área de proteção ambiental das brisas
is one of the last unspoiled sandbank areas in rio de janeiro,
and extends through several habitat types - beach,
sandbank swamp, salt marsh vegetation, and even
rainforest.
also present is a stretch of well preserved
woods, with large fig trees, sapindaceae (matayba
elaeagnoides), imbiruçus,
many
bromeliads,
cinnamon, and vines.