Schematic representation of inselberg vegetation. Vegetation islands are represented by patches 1-5 of varying shapes and sizes, which are bounded by bare rock or directly seated on bare rock (Porembski et al. 2000). Scrub vegetation (Rizzini 1997) appears in the transition zone between the outcrop and the forest that borders the inselberg. The matrix is characterised by the surrounding vegetation, in this case represented by the forest physiognomies belonging to the Atlantic Forest domain. The schematic representation was adapted from de Paula et al. (2015).