KEANEKARAGAMAN SPESIES FAMILI POACEAE DI HUTAN PANTAI TABANIO, KECAMATAN TAKISUNG, KABUPATEN TANAH LAUT

Abstract

Abstrak Poaceae is one of the plant families with members of about 500 genus and 8000 species, cosmopolite, and common in the tropics. Coastal forest is the Poaceae habitat in the wetlands. Coastal forests and its ecosystems have functions and benefits with a broad influence in terms of economic, social and ecological. This study aimed to determine the species diversity of Poaceae family found in the Tabanio Coastal Forest, Takisung District, Tanah Laut Regency. The research was descriptive and observation technique. There were eleven species of the Poaceae family: Brachiaria eruciformis (JE Smith) Griseb, Brachiaria plathyphilla (Griseb) Nash., Brachiaria reptans (L) Gardn & Hubb, Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L) Richt., Eragrostis tenella (L) Beauv . Ex R. & S., Eragrostis uniloides (Retz) Nees ex Steud, Leptochloa chinensis (L) Nees., Paspalum conjugatum Berg., Paspalum vaginatum SW., Pogonatherum paniceum Hack., and Zoysia matrella Merr.