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Flora of a Cool Temperate Forest Around Restoration Center for Endangered Species, Yeongyang

  • Kim, Seongjun (Division of Restoration Research, Restoration Center for Endangered Species, National Institute of Ecology) ;
  • Lee, Chang-Woo (Division of Restoration Research, Restoration Center for Endangered Species, National Institute of Ecology) ;
  • Park, Hwan-Joon (Division of Restoration Research, Restoration Center for Endangered Species, National Institute of Ecology) ;
  • Lee, Byoung-Doo (Division of Restoration Research, Restoration Center for Endangered Species, National Institute of Ecology) ;
  • Hwang, Jung Eun (Division of Restoration Research, Restoration Center for Endangered Species, National Institute of Ecology) ;
  • An, Jiae (Division of Restoration Research, Restoration Center for Endangered Species, National Institute of Ecology) ;
  • Park, Hyung Bin (Division of Restoration Research, Restoration Center for Endangered Species, National Institute of Ecology) ;
  • Baek, Ju Hyeong (Division of Restoration Research, Restoration Center for Endangered Species, National Institute of Ecology) ;
  • Kim, Pyoung Beom (Division of Restoration Research, Restoration Center for Endangered Species, National Institute of Ecology) ;
  • Kim, Nam Young (Division of Restoration Research, Restoration Center for Endangered Species, National Institute of Ecology)
  • Received : 2020.09.15
  • Accepted : 2020.12.07
  • Published : 2021.02.01
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Abstract

The present study aimed to clarify flora living at the area of Restoration Center for Endangered Species in Yeongyang, Gyeongbuk Province. In May, August, and September 2019 and in May and July 2020, all of vascular plants were recorded, and endangered, Korea endemic, and exotic plant species were further identified. The study site contained a total of 418 floral taxa (98 families, 261 genera, 384 species, 4 subspecies, 27 variations, and 3 formations), in which Magnoliophyta accounted for larger proportion (95.2%) than Pteridophyta (3.6%) and Pinophyta (1.2%). In addition, 1 endangered (Cypripedium macranthos Sw.) and 5 Korea endemic species (Aconitum pseudolaeve Nakai, Eleutherococcus divaricatus var. chiisanensis [Nakai] C.H. Kim & B.-Y. Sun, Lonicera subsessilis Rehder, Paulownia coreana Uyeki, and Weigela subsessilis [Nakai] L.H. Bailey) were detected. The number of exotic species was 33, consisting of 4 invasive-exotic, 4 potentially invasive-exotic, and 25 non-invasive species. Compared to a previous assessment before the establishment of the center (in 2014), there were increases in total floral taxa (from 361 to 418), endangered species (from 0 to 1), and exotic species (from 26 to 33). These results possibly reflect temporal changes in floral community, which should be confirmed through subsequent long term monitoring.

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