“…The same species, considering the method M 1 , were characteristic of the mean M1 stratum; however, this behavior seems illogical, based on the results and observations mentioned above. Therefore, considering the boundaries of the lower M1 (4 -5.9 m) stratum, the mean Ht of the species Campsiandra laurifolia (8.0 ± 3.4 m) and Mabea caudata (7.0 ± 2.2 m) and the Ht obtained in other surveys (Dezzeo et al 2003, Reis 2010, Rodrigues et al 2012, one can deduce that the upper limit of the lower M1 stratum was not correctly estimated, as observed through the discriminant analysis, which revealed that one of the height classes was wrongly allocated in the mean M1 stratum, resulting in a hit rate of 88.9 %. The probable reason for this situation was the significant deviation of Ht from a standard normal distribution.…”