169 ZIRAA’AH, Volume 42 Nomor 3, Oktober 2017 Halaman 169-173 e-ISSN 2355-3545 KAJIAN KIMIA TANAH DI HUTAN PENDIDIKAN (KHDTK) UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH PALANGKARAYA (Chemical Study Of Soil In The Forest Of Education In Muhammadiyah Palangkaraya University) Nurul Hidayati 1 , Siti Maimunah 2 , Nanang Hanafi 2 1 Program Studi Agroteknologi Fakultas Pertanian dan Kehutanan Universitas Muhammadiyah Palangkaraya Email : hidayati_73@yahoo.co.id 2 Program Studi Kehutanan Fakultas Pertanian dan Kehutanan Universitas Muhammadiyah Palangkaraya Email : sitimararil@yahoo.com ABSTRACT This study aims to determine the level of soil fertility in terms of chemical kriteria soil in forest areas with special purpose. From this study, information about the condition of the land, as consideration in the context of the assessment and soil conservation efforts to be undertaken in the future. The research was conducted in September 2015 to November 2105, in the forest area with special purpose (KHDTK) UMP Mungku Baru Village Rakumpit District of the city of Palangkaraya. Object of research, namely land under forest stands, by: (a) take samples of the soil in the topsoil at a depth of between 0-20 cm (above), 20-30 cm (the middle one), 30-60 cm (center 2), and 70-100 cm (in), land was taken in composites, soil samples were taken at each distance + 1 meter direction of the wind, then mixed and stirred evenly (composite), then taken of approximately 1 kg to be analyzed in laboratory, and (b) as many as four soil samples have been taken and then dinalisis in the laboratory for chemical soil properties known circumstances. The results of soil analysis compared with the assessment criteria of physical and chemical properties of land according to the Institute for Land Research Center, Bogor, the Status fertility of the soil at a depth of 0-30 cm is moderate to high, while the planting depth 30-60 cm of low fertility, although the contribution of organic materials from the vegetation on it high . Keyword: chemistry of soil, the forest education Muhammadiyah Palangkaraya University PENDAHULUAN Hutan Pendidikan Universitas Muhammadiyah Palangkaraya terletak di Kelurahan Mungku Baru Kecamatan Rakumpit Kota Palangka Raya. Letaknya dari Kota Palngka Raya ± 70 KM, ditempuh dengan transportasi darat dan air. Status Hutan Pendidikan telah memiliki SK Menteri Kehutanan Nomor 611/Menhut- II/2014 tanggal 08 juli 2014 tentang penetapan Kawasan Hutan dengan Tujuan Khusus sebagai Hutan Pendidikan pada kawasan Hutan Produksi Tetap di Kota Palangka Raya , dengan luas ± 4.910 Ha. Kawasan Hutan Mungku Baru berada pada ketinggian sekitar 60 dpl dengan topografi perbukitan dan memiliki beberapa anak aliran sungai serta memiliki variasi tipe hutannya, yaitu hutan rawa gambut, hutan kerangas yang berada di sekitar daerah aliran sungai Rakumpit dan hutan dipterokarpa dataran rendah (Lowland dipterokarpa forest) Kawasan KHDTK masih mempunyai keanekaragaman hayati yang besar, hanya sebagian kecil mulai rusak oleh aktivitas masyarakat dengan penambangan dan perladangan berpindah, serta pembukaan