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3-year Change of Vegetation and Life Form at the Man-made Wetland in Sinpyeoncheon City  

Kim, Chang-Hwan (Department of Environmental Landscape Architecture - Design, Chonbuk National University)
Choi, Young-Eun (Division of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Chonbuk National University)
Kim, Jong-Won (Department of Ecology Landscape Architecture, Graduate School of Chonbuk National University)
Myong, Hyun (Department of Environmental Landscape Architecture - Design, Chonbuk National University)
Lee, Suk-I (Department of Ecology Landscape Architecture, Graduate School of Chonbuk National University)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.25, no.1, 2011 , pp. 57-64 More about this Journal
Abstract
A field survey was conducted from June 2005 to September 2007 to explore changes of the vegetation and life form in the man-made Wetland along the Sinpyeongcheon for 3 years after its creation. A total of 20 species including 14 families, 18 genera, 15 species and 5 varieties were planted in the Wetland which was completed in 2004. Divided by life form of the planted species, a prevalent 65% of them was composed of perennation while 4 species of woody plants i.e. Fraxinus rhynchophylla, Salix glandulosa, Camellia japonica and Nandina domestica were planted there, too. The 3-year study revealed that hydatophytes (HH) scored the biggest increase in number, followed by slight increase in the number of microphanerophytes (M), megaphanerophytes (MM), chamaephytes (Ch), nanophanerophytes (N), perennial plants (H), etc., featuring generally a similar tendency for the whole period of study. The change in vegetation area increases in the area of Typha angustata, Phragmites japonica, Phragmites communis, etc. but a sharp decrease in the area of communities for other planted species. In terms of change in the area for planted species by their life form, hydatophytes (HH), HH Th (Th(w)) reported gradual increase while microphanerophytes (M), geophyte (G), and nanophanerophytes (N) continued to record a decrease. In conclusion, selection of plants to be planted turns out to play a vital role in molding the destiny of a man-made Wetland. It seems therefore extremely important to investigate the flora, and life and growth forms of the plants planted in the man-made Wetland in an effort to choose the species that can adapt themselves to the environment from the early phase on, contributing by thus to stabilization and diversification of the damp ground in line with the progression of their succession.
Keywords
GROWTAH FORM; HYDATOPHYTES; PLANTED SPECIES;
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