Composition and diversity of riparian vegetation of the Talau river, Belu Regency

Riparian vegetation has a very important ecological role i.e. maintaining water quality, as supplier of litter, habitat, and natural filter for various pollutants. is found along the side river, such Talau, Belu river. The purpose this study was to determine composition diversity riparian vegetation. research area consisted three types, namely teak plantations (A Station), mixed forest (B processed land (C Station). method used quadrant method. Determination sample size based on species-area curve. Data were calculated using Shanon-Wiener index. results revealed that at A station there 29 species consisting 24 families; B 53 31 families, C 25 21 families. highest (H') with good category, followed by medium low categories, category.