Komunitas Lumut Epifit Perkebunan Kopi di Tanjung Rusia, Lampung.

Abstract

Diversity of epiphytic bryophyte was declined due to the fragmentation of forests. This study was aimed to describe the community of epiphytic bryophyte in coffee plantations; indicated with species richness, species abundance, species composition, and species diversity. Bryophyte sampling was carried out in three blocks of coffee plantations in the village of Tanjung Rusia, Pringsewu, Lampung. Five plots of 50 m x 50 m were established for collecting bryophytes in the plantation. Diversity of bryophyte communty on coffee plantations in Tanjung Rusia, Lampung was included in low category (H’ < 2). Eighteen species of epiphytic bryophytes was obtained in the coffee plantation, consist of 12 species of liverworts and six species of mosses. Species bryophyte found in the coffee trees were two species in average. The most abundant species existed on the plantation was Frullania ericoides. Bryophyte species composition were not significantly different among the plots.