Vegetation Physiognomy, Diversity, Evenness and Abundance of Trees in the Protected Sirimau Forest Soya Village, Ambon City
Abstract
Sirimau protected forest is one forest area that still has the characteristics of the forest consists of primary forest and old secondary forest. Particularly for the purpose of education and research, Sirimau Protected Forest Area has a diversity of flora and fauna as well as the high potential tourist attraction. This study aims to determine the condition of the vegetation Physiognomy, evenness, the abundance and diversity of tree species in the Forest Preserve Sirimau Ambon City. In general, Ambon city Sirimau Protected forests consist of protected forest vegetation characteristic of the region indicate that the tropical rainforest is typically display the five strata or layers of the tree. The number of species found in protected forests Sirimau Ambon city a total of 93 species. Gandaria (Bouea macrophylla) has the highest frequency of protected forest in Sirimau, followed by Durio zibethinus and Lansium domesticum. The results of the analysis of diversity, evenness and abundance on all observation stations index values obtained are relatively the same. Measurement of Importance Value Index (IVI) do indicate a shift in the dominance of plant species and the difference between the research stations throughout the observation station.
Keywords: physiognomy, diversity, evenness, Sirimau protected forest, the village of Soya, Ambon city
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