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Floristic Study of County Pyeong-chang and Yeong-wol including Limestone Regions (Prov. Gangwon-do) from Korea  

Nam, Gi-Heum (Division of Plant Resources, National Institute of Biological Resource)
Kim, Jung-Hyun (Division of Plant Resources, National Institute of Biological Resource)
Kim, Young-Chul (Korea Botanical Garden)
Kim, Jin-Seok (Division of Plant Resources, National Institute of Biological Resource)
Lee, Byoung-Yoon (Division of Plant Resources, National Institute of Biological Resource)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.26, no.1, 2012 , pp. 11-38 More about this Journal
Abstract
Located in the middle part of the Korean peninsula, Pyeong-chang and Yeong-wol (Gangwon-do) areas are limestone regions that are important biogeographically showing the peculiar flora. In order to manage efficiently endangered and rare plant species, we have investigated flora of these above regions from March to October, 2010. The result of the investigation showed a total of vascular plants of 1,145 taxa; 134 families, 503 genera, and 1,010 species, 11 subspecies, 110 varieties, 10 forms and four hybrids. Among taxa investigated, endangered species designated by the law called 'Protection Law for Endangered wild fauna and flora' were seven taxa, and 50 taxa were considered to be endemic to Korea. Based on the floristic degrees categorized by the specific distribution of plant species, 24 taxa revealed the floristic degree (FD) V, 30 for FD IV, and 60 for FD III, 45 for FD II and 79 taxa for FD I. The 82 taxa were identified to be naturalized. Of those species investigated in this survey, 53 taxa were identified as specific ones biogeographically as compared to flora of other terrestrial regions; 35 of calcicolous plants, 15 with distribution in the northern part of the Korean peninsula, three with coastal habitats.
Keywords
FLORA; LIMESTONE; ENDANGERED; UNIQUE DISTRIBUTION PLANTS;
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