Sambas Botanic Garden
Location Sambas Botanical Garden is located in Use Area Other Regions (APL) and is administratively located in the village of fighting cocks, District Subah, Sambas district. Sambas Botanical Garden which covers ± 300 Ha, in 2008 the Plan document Sambas regency, is geographically located at coordinates longitude 109 º 27 '47.05 "- 109 º 29' 24.14" and latitude 01 º 15 '45.22 "- 01 º 17' 3.30 "and is in the east of the provincial road rumble Sambas-Hall.
Sambas Area Botanical Gardens can be reached by road a distance of about 20 km from the town of Sungai Sambas Sambas and through long trips Small with 2 to 4 hours from the front of the Palace of Sambas ( Alwatzikhoebillah Palace). Sambas Botanical Garden has a relatively flat topography, with a height of 32-75 m above sea level (asl). In the Botanical Gardens Sambas footprint there type / land greatgroup Ultisols and Entisols soil. The condition of forest vegetation is typical of lowland forests and little swamp forests and riparian forests dominated by Dipterocarpaceae species.
Based on the inventory by LIPI in 2008 identified plants in this area as much as 41 tribes, 86 genera and 113 species, for example Bangkirai, Ulin, Meranti, Keruing, Banggeris and fruit trees like durian forest,
mangosteen forest, tan, wood onions with a diameter up to 80-90 cm, as well as pioneer plants such as Macaranga sp, Mallotus sp, and others. Also found species-jahean ginger, rattan, and saplings / seedlings, pins Bumi (Eurycoma longifolia) as forest herbs, Banggeris (Koompassia excelsa) as a honey tree, Semar Pouch / Entuyut (Nephentes sp), Blue Leaves (Licuala sp), Flush (Boorassodendron borneensis). The existence of the Botanical Gardens Sambas possible future areas of research center riparian and Greens did not exist in other countries.
Riparian ecosystem function:
• erosion buffer
• soil and vegetation cover as shade
• accelerate the establishment of compost
• a source of insect food, ruminant animals, various types of fish, birds, animals, reptiles, monkeys, etc..
Tidal conditions in 2007 and 2008 showed the decreasing water level of the river in August to two meters so that a longer pair condition. This can significantly influence on the growth of vegetation and water storage systems
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