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Vascular Plant Diversity and Vegetation of Samusan Mt. in Jecheon-si, Korean Peninsula

사무산(제천시)의 식물다양성과 식생

Jung-Hyun Kim1*
,
Jin-Seok Kim1
,
Gi-Heum Nam1
,
Eun-Hee Jung2
,
Kyeong-Ui Lee34
,
Yo-Seob Hwang4
김 중현1*
,
김 진석1
,
남 기흠1
,
정 은희2
,
이 경의34
,
황 요섭4
1Plant Resources Division, National Institute of Biological Resources
2Exhibition and Education Division, National Institute of Biological Resources
3Department of Forest Resources, Kongju National University
4Institute of Ecosystem Survey
1국립생물자원관 식물자원과
2국립생물자원관 전시교육과
3공주대학교 산림자원학과
4(사)자연환경조사연구소
* Corresponding Author
31 August 2018. pp. 396-418
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Abstract

This study was carried out to investigate the flora and the vegetation of Samusan mountain on Jecheon-si, located in the middle part of the Korean peninsula. The vascular plants which were collected in 9 times from June 2014 to October 2015 were identified as 502 taxa in total, including 102 families, 314 genera, 445 species, 6 subspecies, 49 varieties, 1 form and 1 hybrid. The largest families were as follows; Asteraceae (70 taxa), Poaceae (52 taxa), Rosaceae (30 taxa), Fabaceae (28 taxa), and Cyperaceae (20 taxa). Of them, Korean endemic plants numbered 10 taxa, and vascular plants listed in the red data according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) numbered 14 taxa. The floristic regional indicator plants found in this area were 61 taxa in total. Among them, 5 taxa revealed the floristic grade Ⅴ, 11 for floristic grade Ⅳ, 14 for floristic grade Ⅲ, 10 for floristic grade Ⅱ, and 21 for floristic grade Ⅰ. The alien plants were identified as 43 taxa and the percentage of naturalized index (NI) was 8.6%, and urbanization index (UI) was 13.4%, respectively. Samples of the forest vegetation on the Samusan Mt. were mainly classified as Pinus densiflora, Quercus variabilis, Q. acutissima, Q. mongolica, Zelkova serrata and Robinia pseudoacacia forest. The vertical structures of the forest were stable and the DBH-Class analyses showed that the dominant tree species would be maintained. In the surveyed areas, high plant diversity was shown, and a number of endemic, rare, calcicole plants and phytogeographically important plants were found. Nonetheless, numerous and diverse biological resources native have been consistently disturbed or damaged by human activities without some form of protection. Therefore, it is needed to set up strategies for conservation forest vegetation in this study area.

Keywords
Korean endemic plants
Physiognomy
Vascular plants
Vegetation
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  • Publisher :The Plant Resources Society of Korea
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국자원식물학회
  • Journal Title :Korean Journal of Plant Resources
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국자원식물학회지
  • Volume : 31
  • No :4
  • Pages :396-418
  • Received Date : 2018-04-20
  • Revised Date : 2018-05-29
  • Accepted Date : 2018-06-05
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7732/kjpr.2018.31.4.396
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