Native Trees Improve The Quality of Urban Green Open Space

Abstract

The use of trees species in several cities tend to be the same, as well as Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi, so there is no character and distinctiveness of the city. Indonesia has many native trees but have not used optimally. The purpose of this study is to present the change of green open space in some major cities, trees species that are widely used in some cities, and the benefrt of native plants for urban greenery. literature studies from various research was used in this study. The results of this study indicate that green open space in several cities are decline gradually and there are only limited species of trees for urban greenery. Some of the benefits of using native trees are: preserving the original trees, increasing the diversity, creating characteristic of the city, increasing comfort, supporting the preservation of wildlife, useful for education and research. Native trees species can be used for various forms of urban green open space, such as in parks, green lane road, city forest, public facilities, and housing area. There are some important factors should be considered for improving of urban greenery with native trees: information and dissemination to stake holders, collaboration of landscape designers, contractors, suply of native trees seedling, and government policy.