Ecological Studies on the Montane Grassland of Mt. Soback in Korea

소백산 산지초원의 생태학적 연구 1. 환경요소와 식피조사

Montane grassland at the summit of Mt. Soback, Korea, was studied to verify the relationships between environmental factors and vegetations on the different slopes. The contents of total nitrogen and excangeable cation and thickness of A-layer of soil in the east slope were greater and thicker than those of the northwest one. Two different community types were observed one, on the east slope, was a grass community and the other, on the northwest, was a grass community. Plant height and annual production of the forb community were taller and greater than those of the grass community. These differences might be correlated with the different of snow depth between two slopes caused by wind in witner. It is clear that the formation of the montane grassland at the study area is mainly caused by fire, wind and topography at the summit.

소백산 산정의 동사면과 북서사면에서 천지초원과 환경요소와의 관계를 조사하였다. 토양의 전질소 함량, 치환성 양이온량, 그리고 A층의 두께는 두 사면에서 현저한 차이가 있었다. 조사지역의 초원은 동사면의 광엽초본형과 북서사면의 협엽초목형으로 구분되었으며 전자는 후자에 비하여 초장이 길고 연순생산량이 많았다. 이러한 차이는 겨울동안 바람에 의해 형성된 눈 깊이의 차이와 유의한 관계가 있었다. 이 지역의 초원은 주로 산불, 바람 그리고 산정의 지형적 특성에 의해서 형성된 것으로 해석되었다.