Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology (한국환경생태학회지)

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Characteristics of species richness and diversity of woody vegetation in the natural rivers in Korea and its meaning to restoration design in flood plains

  • Bang, Je-Yong (Faculty of Environment and Life Sciences, Seoul Women's University) ;
  • Hu, Un-Bok (Dept. of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Kongju National University) ;
  • Kim, Hyea-Ju (Institute of Landscape Planning Hyea-Ju Kim) ;
  • You, Young-Han (Dept. of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Kongju National University)
  • Received : 2015.02.02
  • Accepted : 2015.02.16
  • Published : 2015.02.28
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Abstract

In order to get basic data for flood plain restoration, we surveyed the woody vegetation in Korean natural rivers and analyzed the species' characteristics with regards to patterns of richness and diversity. These characteristics were higher in hard wood forests than those in soft wood forests, such as Salix spp. community. Futhermore, they were the highest in the Prunus sargentii-Pinus densiflora community(H' 1.095), and the lowest in the Carpinus laxiflora community(H' 0.118) among the hard wood forests. Species' richness diversity were the highest in the Salix gracilistyla community, but the lowest in the S. koriyangi community or S. koreensis community among the soft wood forests. With regards to the dominant index, just one community is over 0.9, 13 communities are between 0.3-0.7 and 15 communities are less than 0.3. The Salix koreensis community was the highest at 0.931, and Prunus sargentii-Pinus densiflora community was the lowest at 0.13. Species' richness and diversity was significantly correlated with tree layer coverages and degree of slope. These results mean that in order to increase plant species diversity in flood plains planted hard woody trees, such as oaks and fir, are needed to suit environmental conditions with steeper slope and lower canopy coverage.

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