Science and Technology Indonesia e-ISSN:2580-4391 p-ISSN:2580-4405 Vol. 3, No. 2, April 2018 Research Paper Analysis of Vegetation in Green Open Space of Gasing Industrial Area Siti Indah Oktaviani 1 *, Laila Hanum 2 , Zaidan P Negara 3 1 Postgraduate of Environmental Biology, Sriwijaya University 2 Biology FMIPA Sriwijaya University 3 Faculty of Agriculture Sriwijaya University *Corresponding author: sitiindahoktaviani@gmail.com Abstract The study aims to determine the diversity of vegetation in the Green Open Space of the Gasing Industrial Area. The study was conducted from April to July 2017. The method of analysis used quadratic method with two plots at different location with three repetitions, quantitative data analysis was done on density value, dominance, frequency, important value and diversity index of each plant species. The results showed that vegetation consists of 16 tribes and 19 species, dominated by Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta. Value of vegetation diversity (2,24) and uniformity value 0.30. The higher number of the species, the higher diversity index of the species. Such characteristics are caused by environmental influences such as organic matter content and low pH and factors derived from human intervention. Keywords Vegetation, Diversity, industrial area Received: 12 January 2018, Accepted: 25 March 2018 https://doi.org/10.26554/sti.2018.3.2.81-88 1. INTRODUCTION South Sumatra is currently experiencing rapid growth, one of them in the field of industry field. Based on Regional Regula- tion of Bayuasin No. 28 on the year of 2012, to support the industrial progress the government set Gasing Banyuasin area as an industrial and warehousing area because of the location is close to the provincial capital. Gasing industrial and warehous- ing areas currently had already standing several factories such as, Food industry, rubber, palm oil and gas. Industrial devel- opment in Gasing area aims to expand employment, leveling business opportunities, increasing exports, increasing foreign exchange, supporting regional development, utilizing natural resources and energy, and human resources. The development of industry in addition to positive impacts also have negative impacts on the surrounding environment such as, growth of settlement around the industrial area, traffic jam, damaged of the protected areas, and decreased of the diversity of living things. According to the Departemen Industri (2007), food indus- try produces a lot of liquid and solid wastes. Rahardjo and Nugro (2009), the palm oil industry produces solid and liquid wastes, Bahrin et al. (2011) rubber industry produces solid, liquid and gas wastes. If the wastes are above the standard in a long time will certainly have impacts on the presence of vegetation plants in place. Vegetation is a complex system that interacts with various factors that influence each other. The existence of vegetation has a role and serves as a buffer of life, protecting the water resources, soil, both in preventing erosion, and maintaining the global climate stability and acting as the lungs of the world and maintaining the environmental stability. Vegetation will reduce the carbon in the atmosphere (CO 2 ) through the process of photosynthesis and store it in plant tissue. Until the time carbon is refluxed into the atmosphere, the carbon will occupy one of a number of carbon bags. All the components of vegetation such as trees, shrubs, lianas and epiphytes are part of the top the biomass surface (Putri et al., 2012). To know the natural changes of the ecosystem in the area, it is necessary to do the data collection about the diversity of vegetation and then will be able to know the ability of the areas to generate the potential carbon before the land reclamation. This study aims to determine the diversity of vegetation in the Green Open Space of Gasing Industrial Area. 2. EXPERIMENTAL SECTION 2.1 Location and time of the study The research was conducted in April - July 2017, located in Green Open Space of Gasing Industrial Area, Talang Kelapa Subdistrict, Banyuasin Regency (Figure 1).