BIOLINK (Jurnal Biologi Lingkungan, Industri, Kesehatan)
Vol 7, No 2 (2021): February 2021

VEGETATION COMPOSITION ON ECOLOGICAL FUNCTION IN MATARAM MERAH PARK, JAKARTA

Nur Intan Mangunsong (Universitas Trisakti)
Rini Fitri (Universitas Trisakti)
Qurrotu Aini Besila (Universitas Trisakti)



Article Info

Publish Date
16 Jan 2021

Abstract

The existence of the city park is important for Jakarta as a metropolitan city with the current activity level of motor vehicles and air pollution greatly affects the quality of the city environment. The selection of vegetation in Mataram Merah park considered functional aspects and aesthetic values . The objective of this study were to determine the composition and type of vegetation landscape in Mataram Merah park and to determine the function of each type of landscape vegetation in Mataram Merah park. This study used a descriptive qualitative method with several stages, which is survey; identification of the name and type of vegetation; size identification; identification of the type of vegetation making up the composition (name of type and size that makes up the vegetation structure). The results showed that Mataram Merah park was generally planted with vegetation that functioned aesthetically rather than functionally. The function of landscape plants in Mataram Merah park were as aesthetics is 96.55%, as controlling view as much as 13.80%, vegetation function as physical barrier as much as 62.07%, plants as controlling erosion 51.72%, function of plants as controlling climate 13.79% and vegetation function for wildlife as much as 17.24%.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

biolink

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Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology

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Biolink focuses on the publication of the results of scientific research related to fields. This article is published in the internal and external academic community of the University of Medan Area (UMA) especially in the field of Biology. Biolink publishes scientific articles in the scope of ...