Parque Botânico de Caucaia, State park in Caucaia, Brazil.
Parque Botânico de Caucaia covers 190 hectares of coastal tabuleiro on the banks of the CE-090, 15 km from Fortaleza. Its vegetation is divided into three sectors: mangrove, alluvial basin and tabuleiro, with dense shrubland and scattered emergent trees. The grounds hold an orchidarium, a medicinal plant garden, a meliponary, a seedling nursery and 6 km of cobbled trails, one main and two secondary.
The park was created by State Decree No. 24.216 of 9 September 1996 to protect the coastal vegetation complex of Ceará. It was inaugurated on 5 June 1998 and managed for 12 years by the Federation of Industries of Ceará (FIEC) under an agreement with SEMACE. On 9 July 2010 management returned to SEMACE, and it is now run by the State Secretariat of the Environment (SEMA).
The park's name comes from its botanical function, and its facilities support that: a Sala Verde, an 80-seat auditorium, a museum, an orchidarium, a medicinal plant garden and a meliponary for native stingless bees. On Sundays the Projeto Viva o Parque opens the grounds from 9am to noon with workshops and guided ecological trails for groups.
The park sits about 15 kilometers from Fortaleza along the CE-090 highway and is easily accessible by car. Visitors should wear comfortable shoes for the walking trails and come prepared for the varied vegetation zones throughout the grounds.
The park's 1998 vegetation and avifauna survey recorded species such as the great egret, the blue-gray tanager, the southern lapwing and the rufous-collared sparrow. The park also keeps a meliponary of native stingless bees and a desalination unit that removes excess salt from the park's water.
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