Original Articles
Vauzia1, Syamsuardi2, Chairul
Abstract
Regeneration capability of plants with sprouting and seeding are two important characters in forest recovery after burning. Characteristics of stomata and chlorophyill contents of Anthocephalus cadamba Miq and Mallotus leucodermis Hook regenerating with sprout and seeds after burning at peat swamp forest in Batang Alin were studied and compared with the same unburned plant species. The two plant species studied with different regeneration mechanisms, sprouting and seeding, showed different response on environmental changes after burning. In Anthocephalus cadamba Miq., characteristics of stomata and chlorophyll content were not factors determining adaptation capability of seeding regeneration in burned location, while adaptation capability of sprouting regeneration was determined by characteristics of stomata. In Mallotus leucodermis Hook f., characteristics of stomata and chlorophyll content determined adaptation capability on seeding regeneration, meanwhile on sprouting regeneration it was determined by characteristics of stomata only.