Kesesuaian Lahan Jenis Tanaman Kehutanan Pada Areal Lahan Terbuka Di Kawasan Hutan Pendidikan Gunung Walat (Hpgw), Sukabumi Jawa Barat

Gunung Walat Education Forest is a Special Purpose Forest for Education. At present many areas have lost their vegetation cover (trees) or become opened areas in the GWEF area. Land suitability by looking at topography, soil and climate factors needs to be done to find out the type of forestry plant that is suitable for planting on the open areas. Stages of land suitability, is consisted of image processing, visual interpretation of satellite imagery, ground checks, soil and litter observations, data collection on soil physical and chemical properties and climate, land characteristic observations, and matching processes. The results of matching with Liebeg's minimum law and scoring system showed that eucalypt (E. grandis), sengon (F. moluccana), caliandra (C. calothyrsus), mahagoni (S. mahagoni), pine (P. merkusii), lamtoro (F. moluccana), cajuput (M. leucadendron), damar (A. loranthifolia), acacia (A. auriculiformis), and rasamala (A. excelsa) are suitable for planting in open areas in the Gunung Walat Education Forest (GWEF). While teak (T. grandis) is not suitable for planting in opened areas in the GWEF. Keywords: Forest tree, GWEF, land suitability, opened area.Hutan Pendidikan Gunung Walat (HPGW) merupakan Hutan Dengan Tujuan Khusus (KHDTK). Saat ini banyak areal yang telah kehilangan tutupan vegetasi (pohon) atau menjadi lahan terbuka pada kawasan HPGW. Kesesuaian lahan dengan melihat faktor topografi, tanah, dan iklim perlu dilakukan untuk mengetahui jenis tanaman kehutanan yang sesuai untuk ditanam pada lahan terbuka tersebut. Tahapan dari kesesuaian lahan yakni, pengolahan citra, interpretasi visual citra satelit, ground check, pengamatan tanah dan serasah, pengumpulan data sifat fisik dan kimia tanah serta iklim, pengamatan karakteristik lahan, dan proses matching. Jenis tanaman eukaliptus (E. grandis), sengon (F. moluccana), kaliandra (C. calothyrsus), mahoni (S. mahagoni), pinus (P. merkusii), lamtoro (L. leucocephalla), kayu putih (M. leucadendron), damar (A. loranthifolia), akasia (A. auriculiformis), dan rasamala (A. excelsa) sesuai untuk ditanam pada areal terbuka di kawasan Hutan Pendidikan Gunung Walat (HPGW). Sementara jenis tanaman jati (T. grandis) tidak sesuai untuk ditanam pada areal terbuka di kawasan HPGW. Kata kunci : HPGW, jenis tanaman, kesesuaian lahan, lahan terbuka