Campos rupestres
| Campos rupestres | |
|---|---|
Campos rupestres in Serra do Espinhaço, Brazil. | |
| Ecology | |
| Realm | Neotropical |
| Biome | Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands |
| Borders | |
| Geography | |
| Area | 26,417 km2 (10,200 sq mi) |
| Country | Brazil |
| States | |
| Conservation | |
| Conservation status | Threatened |
| Protected | 26.46% |
The campo rupestre ("rupestrian grassland") is a discontinuous montane subtropical ecoregion occurring across three different biomes in Brazil: Cerrado, Atlantic Forest and Caatinga. Originally, campo rupestre was used to characterize the montane vegetation of the Espinhaço Range, but recently this term has been broadly applied by the scientific community to define high altitudinal fire-prone areas dominated by grasslands and rocky outcrops.