Soil conditions, vegetation structure and biomass of a Javanese homegarden

摘要

The soil of a west Javanese homegarden was a clay-loam, humic Cambisol of medium fertility, with neutral to weak acid reaction. The 0.13 ha large garden contained about 60 plants species (excluding weeds), of which 39 supplied useful products and the remaining were ornamentals. Tree coverage was 81 and total ground cover, including ground litter and weeds was 99. The vegetation was multi-layered. Total biomass was estimated to 126 t ha−1, including 4.4 t ha−1of ground litter. Of the total biomass, 95 belonged to the tree compartment;Cocos nucifera, Eugenia aromaticaandLansium domesticumalone constituted