4.2. Floristic and structural characteristics of shade coffee farm // sand forests// We recorded a total of 1191 trees (DBH > 5 cm) representing 125tree species in the sampled area (Table 1). In the 31 farms, we found a total of 88 species;// each farm had on average 8 species(range 1–18).// In the ten forest sites,// we found 79 tree species // on average, each forest plot had 18 species (range 12–28). Species