Post-Fire Peat Land Understory Plant in Rimba Panjang, Sumatera, Indonesia

The existence of understory plants during early post-fire succession is essential in term of natural post-fire ecological restoration. More than fifty percent of fire incidents in Riau, Sumatera, Indonesia occurred in shallow peat lands which have the huge impact on vegetation damage. This study aim...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science 2017-12, Vol.97 (1), p.12033
Main Authors: Firdaus, L.N., Nursal, Wulandari, Sri, Syafi'i, Wan, Fauziah, Yuslim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Composition
Coverage
Diversity index
Environmental restoration
Impact damage
Local communities
Peat
Peatlands
Plant diversity
Plants (botany)
Post-fire peat land
Restoration
Species composition
Species diversity
Stenochlaena palustris
Understory
Understory plants
Vegetation
Vegetation structure
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Summary:The existence of understory plants during early post-fire succession is essential in term of natural post-fire ecological restoration. More than fifty percent of fire incidents in Riau, Sumatera, Indonesia occurred in shallow peat lands which have the huge impact on vegetation damage. This study aims to explore the understory plants species and diversity in post-fire peat land at Rimba Panjang, Kampar Regency, Sumatera, Indonesia. By using survey method, the observations were conducted on 150 plots which were distributed randomly over four locations based on the year after fire: 2009, 2014, 2015 and 2016. We found respectively 12, 14, 19 and 17 species at that sites with respective Shannon Wiener diversity index were 1.72, 2.00, 2.14 and 2.40. All the sites were dominated by Stenochlaena palustris (Burm.). Coverage percentage of understory vegetation were respectively 28.87%, 25.50%, 51.60% and 54.13%. Overall, we found 31 species of 17 familia. The result showed that the species composition, diversity index and coverage percentage of understory plant are likely to decrease in line with the length of time after the fire. Post peatland fires in Rimba Panjang are still having the characteristics of the peat swamp habitat which was dominated by Stenochlaena palustris (Burm.). Ecological restoration of that habitat is still possible, but it is necessary to consider technological and socio-economical aspects of local communities.
ISSN:1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/97/1/012033