[6] The vegetation of the northeast of Paraná, on the reverse of the Furnas escarpment, is a mosaic of forest fragments, grassland and cerrado.

The region is in the transition between the cerrado of central Brazil and the seasonal semi-deciduous forest of the south and southeast of the country.

[1] It has great diversity of flora in a small area, and has been much studied by researchers from the Federal University of Paraná and other institutions.

[4] It was common to burn the cerrado every two years to allow for cattle grazing, which had drastically changed the structure of the vegetation, and goats were also raised in the area.

[5] The Cerrado State Park was created by decree 1.232 of 27 March 1992 with an area of 420.40 hectares (1,038.8 acres) in the municipality of Jaguariaíva.

[2] The objective is to preserve remnants of cerrado fields, typical and endangered ecosystems, and places of exceptional scenic beauty such as canyons and waterfalls.

[5] On 2 October 2007 Governor Roberto Requião signed a decree to expand the Cerrado State Park to 1,830.40 hectares (4,523.0 acres).

[3] After the expansion, which would require expropriation of some land, the park would cover parts of the municipalities of Jaguariaíva and Sengés.