Saint-Hilaire/Lange

Saint-Hilaire/Lange National Park, located in the coastal mountain range of Paraná state in southern Brazil, protects approximately 25,000 hectares of Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica) in the Serra da Graciosa and adjacent coastal escarpments. Established in 2001, the park is named for two naturalists who explored the region: the French botanist Auguste de Saint-Hilaire and the German-Brazilian naturalist Frederico Lange de Morretes. The park protects dense Atlantic Forest including dense ombrophilous (humid subtropical) forest, cloud forest on the upper slopes, and the transition to restinga on the coastal lowlands, providing critical habitat for endemic and threatened Atlantic Forest species.