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Growth Environment Characteristics and Decline in Mt. Seunghak's Miscanthus sinensis Community

승학산 참억새군락의 생육환경 특성 및 쇠퇴에 관한 연구

  • Park, Seul-Gi (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Graduate School, Pusan National University) ;
  • Choi, Song-Hyun (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Pusan National University) ;
  • Hong, Suk-Hwan (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Pusan National University) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Cheol (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Graduate School, Pusan National University) ;
  • Yu, Chan-Yeol (Gyeongsangnam-do Forest Environment Research Institute)
  • 박슬기 (부산대학교 대학원 조경학과) ;
  • 최송현 (부산대학교 조경학과) ;
  • 홍석환 (부산대학교 조경학과) ;
  • 이상철 (부산대학교 대학원 조경학과) ;
  • 유찬열 (경상남도 삼림환경연구원)
  • Received : 2017.06.13
  • Accepted : 2017.08.29
  • Published : 2017.10.31
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Abstract

Mt. Seunghak's Miscanthus sinensis community is not only a landscape resource in terms of cultural services within the Ecosystem Services but also a site that is visited by many mountaineers in autumn. As the current Miscanthus sinensis community has been experiencing a rapid decline due to Korean forest succession characteristics, ongoing artificial management is thought to be needed for landscape resource use. The purpose of this study was to determine growth environment characteristics and the cause of the rapid decline of the Miscanthus sinensis community in Mt. Seunghak, which is located inside a large city with a large scale and outstanding accessibility. As the Miscanthus sinensis community is the representative early vegetation that appears temporarily in dry, barren soil, the Miscanthus sinensis community in Korean forest succession tends to be unsustainable. As the current soil on Mt. Seunghak is inappropriately fertile for the Miscanthus sinensis community, other wetland woody plant communities are anticipated to succeed it. If Miscanthus sinensis community maintenance is needed for Miscanthus sinensis landscape scenery, various alternatives apart from overall Miscanthus sinensis community maintenance should be determined for cost-effective management. For example, while many byways toward the inside of the Miscanthus sinensis community have affected the Miscanthus sinensis community growth environment, the installation of wooden fences and ropes has been a control in approach. As a result of this positive effect, many byways toward the inside of Miscanthus sinensis community have been restored naturally. Through viewable range analysis, as good scenery sites on the observatory have a good viewable range on the main trail as well, if these scenery sites are intensively managed, effective Miscanthus sinensis ccommunity management will be done despite maintenance budget cutbacks. This study is expected to be used as a basic material regarding the alternatives for a sustained Miscanthus sinensis community and the possibility of cultivating other growth in poor soils of fallow fields and unused land.

억새군락은 생태계 서비스 중 문화서비스 측면에서 하나의 경관자원으로 가을이면 전국적으로 많은 탐방객들이 찾는다. 하지만 참억새군락은 우리나라 산림 천이의 특성상 빠른 쇠퇴가 진행되는 공간이라 경관자원으로 이용하기 위해서는 지속적이며, 인위적 관리가 필요하다. 참억새군락은 척박한 토양에서 일시적으로 나타나는 대표적인 건조지 천이초기식생으로써, 우리나라 산림에서 지속성을 가지는 군락은 아니며, 산림천이과정 중 2차 천이 초기에 발생하는 식물군락으로 기존 산림식생의 훼손이후 일시적으로 발생하는 군락으로 볼 수 있다. 본 연구는 도시 숲의 경관다양성을 위해 대도시의 대규모 참억새군락으로 접근성이 뛰어난 승학산 억새군락의 생육환경 특성을 조사하고, 억새군락의 급격한 쇠퇴 원인을 파악하고자 하였다. 승학산 참억새군락의 토양은 승학산 정상부 일대 참억새군락의 경우, 일부지역을 제외하고 일반적 산림토양의 특성을 가지고 있지만, 전 질소함량과 유기물함량이 상대적으로 높은 토양으로 일반적 산림토양에 비해 비옥한 토양으로 볼 수 있다. 현존식생 현황은 화재 등 교란이후 숲의 천이가 진행되는 과정으로 복잡하고 다양하게 나타나고 있었고, 주요 식물 군락별 면적비율에 있어 리기다소나무가 대부분을 차지하고 있었고, 일부 곰솔군락 및 벚나무군락이 소규모로 분포하고 있었다. 참억새우점군락은 전체면적의 8.7%로 대부분 지역에서 참억새군락의 쇠퇴가 나타나는 것을 확인할 수 있었으며, 특히 칡과 비목나무의 이입으로 인한 참억새군락의 쇠퇴가 눈에 띄게 나타나고 있어, 참억새군락의 쇠퇴는 보다 가속화될 것으로 예상되어졌다. 식물군집구조 현황에서 당분간은 참억새군락으로 유지될 것이나, 목본식물이 이입되는 과정으로 비목나무의 생장에 따라 참억새 생육에 부정적 영향이 작용할 것이고, 억새-계요등군락은 경관개선을 위해 상부에 식재한 왕벚나무군락의 그늘로 참억새군락은 향후 급격히 쇠퇴할 것이다. 참억새-비목나무군락은 비목의 생육에 따라 참억새의 본격적인 쇠퇴가 일어날 가능성이 높고, 칡-참억새 군락은 탐방객에게 부정적 영향이 큰 지역이다. 칡 우점군락들은 참억새의 피도는 낮고, 교목과 관목의 유입은 거의 없으나, 칡이 우점 하는 군락으로 향후 지속적으로 참억새군락은 쇠퇴할 것이다. 경관관리 측면에서 참억새군락을 유지하기 위해서는 비용효율적인 관리를 위해 여러 가지 대안을 모색해야 할 것이다. 승학산 곳곳에 조성된 묘지와 참억새군락 내부 샛길은 억새 생육에 어려움을 주고 있는 반면, 참억새군락의 보호를 위해 조성된 목책 및 로프 울타리는 사람들의 출입을 억제하여 많은 샛길들이 자연스럽게 복원되고 있다. 참억새 경관을 즐기기 위해 상대적으로 관찰이 용이한 지점과 참억새군락을 설정하여 이들 지역을 중점적으로 관리한다면 관리예산을 줄이면서 보다 효과적인 억새군락 관리가 될 것이다.

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