Establishing a long-term permanent plot in remnant forest of Cibodas Botanic Garden, West Java

Abstract

Mutaqien Z, Zuhri M (2011) Establishing a long-term permanent plot in remnant forest of Cibodas Botanic Garden,. Cibodas Botanic Garden (CBG) has unique characters; almost 10% of which is forested area adjacent to the natural forest of Mt. Gede Pangrango National Park. The area is a transition between natural forest and artificial habitat which mostly consists of exotic plant species. The permanent plot in CBG was established in [2007][2008][2009]. Two hundred and eighty four units of 10x10 square meters sub-plot were established in four locations, i.e. Wornojiwo, Kompos, Jalan Akar, and Lumut forest. Vegetation analyses were conducted for trees, saplings, shrubs, and herb species. The inventory found 137 species plants consisting of 74 tree species dominated by Villebrunea rubescens (Bl.) Bl. and Ostodes paniculata Bl., 30 shrub species dominated by Strobilanthes hamiltoniana (Steud.), 24 herb species dominated by Cyrtandra picta Bl., 6 fern species mainly consisted of Diplazium pallidum Moore, and 3 climber species dominated by Calamus reinwardtii Mart. In comparison with the natural forest of Mt. Gede Pangrango National Park, the CBG permanent plot showed a good representative of the vegetation of lower montane forest. A regular monitoring during the successive years is needed to maintain diversity, monitor forest dynamics and anticipate the spread of invasive plant from CBG.

Tree Community Structure and Composition of a One-Hectare Permanent Plot in the Montane Zone of Mount Kerinci, Kerinci Seblat National Park, Jambi

“…This result is similar to that of the previous studies by Ohsawa [3], Laumonier [25] but different from Mount Gede Pangrango [9]. Meanwhile, in the Cibodas remnant forest [11] five strata were found. Differences in species composition and plot elevation are estimated to have affected the strata formation.…”

“…Meijer [8] initiated a one-hectare permanent plot on Mount Gede Pangrango, West Java in 1959, followed by Yamada in the same area [9] in 1975. More recently, studies have been conducted on Mount Halimun Salak [10], Cibodas remnant forest and Mount Gede [11], Mount Papandayan [12] and Mount Rinjani [13]. The present study aimed to describe the structure and composition of a tree community in the montane zone of Mount Kerinci, KSNP, Jambi by establishing a one-hectare permanent plot.…”

Seed Exploration for Seed Banking Purpose in Cibodas Botanical Garden

“…Gede Pangrango NP (1,421 to 1,802 m asl) and remnant forest areas inside Cibodas BG (1,313 to 1,411 m asl) (Table 1) with 32 seed species found at natural dispersal. The floristic composition of the study area was a typical sub-montane tropical rain forest and dominated by Villebrunea rubescens, Ostodes paniculata, Strobilanthes hamiltoniana, Cyrtandra picta, Diplazium pallidum, and Calamus reinwardtii (Mutaqien & Zuhri, 2011).…”

Tree Communities and Aboveground Biomass in the Submontane Zone of Ketambe Resort, Mount Leuser National Park, Aceh

“…Elaeocarpaceae, Malvaceae, Oleaceae, Podocarpaceae, Salicaceae and Staphyleaceae were only found in site one, while only three families were only present in site two, including Altingiaceae, Ebenaceae and Proteaceae. The occurrence of Altingiaceae in site two showed the characteristic of mountain forest ecosystem in western Indonesia (Mutaqien & Zuhri, 2011;Sulistyawati et al, 2018;Yamada, 1975) . This family was only presented by one species, Altingia excelsa.…”