%0 Journal Article %T Native species indicated for degraded area recovery in Western Paran¨¢, Brazil %A Gris %A Darlene %A Temponi %A L¨ªvia Godinho %A Marcon %A Tha¨ªs Regina %J Revista ¨¢rvore %D 2012 %I Sociedade de Investiga??es Florestais %R 10.1590/S0100-67622012000100013 %X colonization in the state of paran¨¢ has culminated in the devastation of large forest areas in the entire state. degraded area recovery programs have emphasized the utilization of native species, but often the species indicated for local reforestation areas are unknown, as those areas are little known floristically. this study aimed to survey native species indicated for reforestation of areas in the western region of the state of paran¨¢, classify those species as pioneer, secondary, or climactic, and indicate places of occurrence of matrices where seeds of those species could be collected. bibliographic surveys in the specialized literature and research in the herbarium museu botanico municipal de curitiba (mbm) and herbarium of universidade estadual do oeste do paran¨¢ (unop) were conducted to identify potential species for degraded area recovery in the study of western region of paran¨¢. in all, 115 species were selected, of which 22 are pioneer, 73 are secondary, and 20 are climactic. the bibliographic surveys suggests that pioneer species are the most indicated for the initial processes in the degraded areas recovery, while secondary and climactic species play a major role in area enrichment. %K reforestation %K pioneer species %K secondary species and climactic species. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0100-67622012000100013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en