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http://dx.doi.org/10.13047/KJEE.2019.33.1.75

Vegetation Characteristics of Ridge in the Seonunsan Provincial Park  

Kang, Hyun-Mi (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Mokpo National Univ.)
Park, Seok-Gon (Division Forest Resources and Landscape Architecture, Sunchon National Univ.)
Kim, Ji-Suk (Jungbu Park & Landscape Management Office, Seoul Metropolitan Government)
Lee, Sang-Cheol (Applied Ecology Lab., Pusan National Univ.)
Choi, Song-Hyun (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Pusan National Univ.)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.33, no.1, 2019 , pp. 75-85 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to understand the vegetation characteristics of ridges (Gyeongsusan-Seonunsan-Gaeipalsan) in the Seonunsan Provincial Park and to establish reference information for the management of the park in the future. We designated 62 plots with the area of $100m^2$ were installed and analyzed them to investigate the vegetation characteristics. The results of community classification based on TWINSPAN showed seven categories of vegetation communities in the surveyed region: Quercus dentata-Deciduous broad-leaved Community, Quercus variabilis-Pinus thunbergii-Quercus serrata Community, Pinus densiflora Community, Deciduous broad-leaved Community-I, Carpinus tschonoskii-Castanea crenata-Quercus aliena Community, Deciduous broad-leaved Community-II, and Carpinus tschonoskii-Carpinus laxiflora Community. In the vegetation of Seonunsan Provincial Park, coniferous trees such as Pinus thunbergii and Pinus densiflora have been gradually losing their population as part of ecological succession to deciduous broad-leaved trees such as Quercus spp., Carpinus tschonoskii, and Carpinus laxiflora. Moreover, Carpinus turczaninowii, Mallotus japonicus, and others were identified as vegetation reflecting the geographical characteristics of the region neighboring the west coast. The estimated age is 30-60 years, and the oldest tree Pinus densiflora is 63-years old. The index of diversity ($100m^2$) was 0.7942 for Carpinus tschonoskii-Carpinus laxiflora Community, 0.8406 for Carpinus tschonoskii-Castanea crenata-Quercus aliena Community, 0.8543 for Quercus dentata-Deciduous broad-leaved Community, 0.9434 for Quercus variabilis-Pinus thunbergii-Quercus serrata Community, 0.9520 for Deciduous broad-leaved Community-I, 0.9633 for Pinus densiflora Community, and 1.0340 for Deciduous broad-leaved Community-II in the ascending order.
Keywords
TWINSPAN; SUCCESSION; Carpinus tschonoskii; Carpinus turczaninowii;
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