BEF-Atlantic will use a subset of a regional pool of 53 tree species from a wide range of phylogenetic lineages and ecological strategies, representing 12 orders and 26 plant families of seed plants.

| N | order | family | spcies | authority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arecales | Arecaceae | Acrocomia aculeata | (Jacq.) Lodd. ex Mart. |
| 2 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Anadenanthera colubrina | (Vell.) Brenan |
| 3 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Andira fraxinifolia | Benth. |
| 4 | Ericales | Sapotaceae | Chrysophyllum imperiale | (Linden ex K.Koch & Fintelm.) Benth. & Hook.f. |
| 5 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Melanoxylon brauna | Schott |
| 6 | Rosales | Moraceae | Brosimum glaziovii | Taub. |
| 7 | Malpighiales | Clusiaceae | Calophyllum brasiliense | Cambess. |
| 8 | Ericales | Lecythidaceae | Cariniana estrellensis | (Raddi) Kuntze |
| 9 | Rosales | Urticaceae | Cecropia pachystachya | Trécul |
| 10 | Sapindales | Meliaceae | Cedrela fissilis | Vell. |
| 11 | Malvales | Malvaceae | Pseudobombax grandiflorum | (Cav.) A.Robyns |
| 12 | Rosales | Rhamnaceae | Colubrina glandulosa | G.Perkins |
| 13 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Copaifera langsdorffii | Desf. |
| 14 | Malpighiales | Euphorbiaceae | Croton urucurana | Baill. |
| 15 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Dalbergia nigra | (Vell.) Benth. |
| 16 | Sapindales | Rutaceae | Dictyoloma vandellianum | A.Juss. |
| 17 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Apuleia leiocarpa | (Vogel) J.F.Macbr. |
| 18 | Sapindales | Sapindaceae | Cupania ludowigii | Somner & Ferrucci |
| 19 | Malvales | Malvaceae | Eriotheca candolleana | (K.Schum.) A.Robyns |
| 20 | Myrtales | Myrtaceae | Eugenia florida | |
| 21 | Myrtales | Myrtaceae | Eugenia brasiliensis | Lam. |
| 22 | Arecales | Arecaceae | Euterpe edulis | Mart. |
| 23 | Malvales | Malvaceae | Guazuma ulmifolia | Lam. |
| 24 | Lamiales | Bignoniaceae | Handroanthus impetiginosus | (Mart. ex DC.) Mattos |
| 25 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Hymenaea courbaril | L. |
| 26 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Inga laurina | (Sw.) Willd. |
| 27 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Inga semialata | (Vell.) C.Mart. |
| 28 | Myrtales | Myrtaceae | Myrcia splendens | (Sw.) DC. |
| 29 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Plathymenia reticulata | Benth. |
| 30 | Laurales | Siparunaceae | Siparuna guianensis | Aubl. |
| 31 | Malvales | Malvaceae | Luehea divaricata | Mart. |
| 32 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Machaerium acutifolium | Vogel |
| 33 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Machaerium brasiliense | Vogel |
| 34 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Machaerium villosum | Vogel |
| 35 | Magnoliales | Myristicaceae | Virola bicuhyba | (Schott) Warb. |
| 36 | Ericales | Primulaceae | Myrsine coriacea | (Sw.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. |
| 37 | Laurales | Lauraceae | Ocotea odorifera | (Vell.) Rohwer |
| 38 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Tachigali rugosa | (Mart. ex Benth.) Zarucchi & Pipoly |
| 39 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Piptadenia gonoacantha | (Mart.) J.F.Macbr. |
| 40 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Platypodium elegans | Vogel |
| 41 | Myrtales | Myrtaceae | Psidium cattleianum | Afzel. ex Sabine |
| 42 | Malpighiales | Peraceae | Pera glabrata | (Schott) Poepp. ex Baill. |
| 43 | Lamiales | Bignoniaceae | Zeyheria tuberculosa | (Vell.) Bureau ex Verl. |
| 44 | Sapindales | Anacardiaceae | Schinus terebinthifolia | Raddi |
| 45 | Myrtales | Melastomataceae | Miconia cinnamomifolia | (DC.) Naudin |
| 46 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Senna macranthera | (Collad.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby |
| 47 | Malpighiales | Lacistemataceae | Lacistema pubescens | Mart. |
| 48 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Stryphnodendron polyphyllum | Mart. |
| 49 | Arecales | Arecaceae | Syagrus romanzoffiana | (Cham.) Glassman |
| 50 | Sapindales | Anacardiaceae | Tapirira guianensis | Aubl. |
| 51 | Asterales | Asteraceae | Vernonanthura discolor | (Spreng.) H.Rob. |
| 52 | Myrtales | Vochysiaceae | Vochysia tucanorum | Mart. |
| 53 | Magnoliales | Annonaceae | Xylopia sericea | A.St.-Hil. |