Purma

A purma is a type of grassy place or forest in the Amazon Basin.  It is a type of forest that has been cut down and is growing back. There are purmas in South America.

Sometimes people cut down Amazon forest to make a farm. These farms are called chacras.  After people stop using the farm, the trees and other plants start to grow back. Then it becomes a purma. Scientists call purma "early successional forest." This means that a forest is only a purma for part of the time it is growing back.

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Category:Habitats
Category:Forests