Evaluation of roadside greenbelt trees damage caused by strangler plants in Bogor

2nd International Symposium for Sustainable Landscape Development

地球科学;农业科学;经济学

Danniswari, Dibyanti^1 ; Nasrullah, Nizar^1

Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Agriculture, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Indonesia^1

关键词: Common species;    Damage level;    Ficus benjamina;    Ficus elastica;    Host trees;    Root cuttings;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/91/1/012012/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/91/1/012012

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Certain plants are called stranglers (hemiepiphyte) because they grow on host trees and slowly choking the host, which often results in the host's death. The existence of strangler plants on roadside greenbelt trees is quite common in Bogor, but they may cause tree's failure and threaten users' safety. To prevent such hazard, evaluation of roadside greenbelt trees damage caused by strangler plants is important. This study was directed to analyse the vegetation of strangler plants in Bogor, to assess the damage caused by stranglers, and to compose strangled trees maintenance recommendations. This study was conducted in March to May 2014 by doing survey at five major roads in Bogor, which were Jalan Ahmad Yani, Jalan Sudirman, Jalan Pemuda, Jalan Semeru, and Jalan Juanda. The results showed that strangler species found in Bogor are Ficus benjamina, Ficus glauca, Ficus elastica, and Schefflera actinophylla. The most common species in Bogor is F. benjamina. Host trees that tend to be preferred by strangler plants are trees with large trunk, many branches, and medium to high height. The maintenance for every strangled tree is different according to the damage level, mild to severe damage could be treated by strangler root cutting to tree logging, respectively.