Rawa Gajonggong
Location:
6°43'S, 106°59'E; between Cibodas and Cibeureum, in Gede-Pangrango National Park, 60 km SSE of Jakarta, West Java.
Area:
Unknown.
Altitude:
c.1,500m.
Biogeographical Province:
4.22.12.
Wetland type:
18 & 22.
Description of site:
A small, high altitude swamp with extensive Phragrnites reed-beds, areas of open water and floating peat. The peat is about two metres thick.
Principal vegetation:
The aquatic vegetation includes Juncus effusus, Xyris melanocephala. Phragmites karka, Scirpus mucronata, Gunnera macrophylla and Eupatonium sp.
Land tenure:
State owned (Indonesian Government).
Conservation measures taken:
Protected within the Gede-Pangrango National Park (15,196 ha) established in 1980.
Land use:
No information.
Disturbances and threats:
No information.
Economic and social values:
No information.
Fauna:
No information.
Special floral values:
A good example of a very rare habitat in Java. The swamp is the westernmost locality for Juncus effusus and Xyris melanocephala in Java. The very large herb Gunnera macrophylla occurs at the site.
Research and facilities:
The site does not appear to have been surveyed since 1941.
References:
Steenis (1941).
Criteria for Inclusion:
1a, 2b.
Source:
Marcel J. Silvius.