Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate Eucalyptus badjensis concerning the genetic variation for growth traits and the potential of the species in supporting a breeding programme. The field trial was a provenance/progeny test established in Campina da Alegria, Santa Catarina, Brazil (latitude 26°52′05.1″ S, longitude 51°48′47.5″ W, altitude 1,015 m) in a soil classified as Latossolic Alumino-Ferric Brown Nitosol. The experiment comprised 60 open-pollinated progenies from the provenances Glenbog and Badja State Forest, New South Wales, Australia. Ten replicates and plots with six plants in row were used. At the age of 17 years, 279 trees were assessed for diameter of the bole at breast height (DBH), total tree height (H) and volume of wood with bark (Vol). After submitting the data to statistical genetic analysis, the overall means for DBH, H and Vol were 45.17 cm, 33.30 m and 2.84 m3, and the estimates of additive coefficient of variation [ C V a(%)] were 12.59%, 5.91% and 26.51%, respectively. Heritability coefficients of additive effects ( h a 2) were also estimated and the following values were found: 0.443, 0.312 and 0.358. Thirty-nine trees from 25 different progenies were selected. The expected means of the provenances after improvement were 50.02 cm, 34.35 m and 3.47 m3 for DBH, H and Vol, respectively.

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo analisar a composição florística e a estrutura da regeneração natural em um setor onde ocorreu a mortalidade sincronizada de um maciço de taquara (Merostachys multiramea Hackel) (CT) e em uma área adjacente, com dossel contínuo e ausência de taquara (ST), em um fragmento de Floresta Ombrófila Mista Montana em Lages - SC. Foram alocadas 14 unidades amostrais de 5 x 5 m (seis no setor CT e oito no setor ST), nas quais todos os indivíduos arbóreos regenerantes com circunferência a altura do peito (CAP) ≤ 15 cm e altura ≥ 25 cm foram identificados e mensurados (diâmetro do colo). As famílias com maior riqueza de espécies foram: Myrtaceae (nove), Solanaceae (seis) e Aquifoliaceae (quatro). O setor ST apresentou um índice de diversidade de Shannon de 2,73 e o setor CT apresentou o valor de 2,31. Solanum variabile, Piptocarpha angustifolia, Mimosa scabrella, Jacaranda puberula e Solanum pseudoquina foram as espécies de maior valor de importância (VI) no setor CT. As espécies de maior VI no setor ST foram Myrsine lorentziana, Casearia decandra, Cinnamodendron dinisii, Drimys brasiliensis e Ilex paraguariensis. Os resultados mostraram que a mortalidade sincronizada de indivíduos de taquara influenciou na variação espacial dos descritores florísticos e estruturais da regeneração natural de espécies arbóreas.

The present study aimed to analyze the floristic and structural descriptors of tree species natural regeneration in a forest sector with synchronized bamboo (Merostachys multiramea Hackel ) die-off (CT) and an adjacent area with continuous canopy cover (ST) in an araucaria forest fragment in the municipality of Lages, Santa Catarina state. A total of 14, 5x5m, plots (six plots in CT sector and eight in ST sector) were allocated, where all tree species regenerative individual with circumference at breast height smaller than 15cm and height higher than 25cm was measured (diameter at soil level) and identified. The richest families were: Myrtaceae (nine), Solanaceae (six) and Aquifoliaceae (four). The Shannon Diversity Index in ST and CT sectors were respectively 2.73 and 2.31. The species with the highest importance values in CT sector were Solanum variabile, Piptocarpha angustifolia, Mimosa scabrella, Jacaranda puberula and Solanum pseudoquina. In ST sector, the species with highest importance values were Myrsine lorentziana, Casearia decandra, Cinnamodendron dinisii, Drimys brasiliensis and Ilex paraguariensis. The results showed that the synchronized bamboo die-off influenced the spatial variation in the floristic and structural descriptors of the tree species natural regeneration.