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http://dx.doi.org/10.13047/KJEE.2021.35.2.135

Characteristics of Herbaceous Vegetation Structure of Barren Land of Southern Limit Line in DeMilitarized Zone  

Yu, Seung-Bong (DMZ Botanic Garden, Korea National Arboretum)
Kim, Sang-Jun (DMZ Botanic Garden, Korea National Arboretum)
Kim, Dong-Hak (DMZ Botanic Garden, Korea National Arboretum)
Shin, Hyun-Tak (Korea National Arboretum)
Bak, Gippeum (DMZ Botanic Garden, Korea National Arboretum)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.35, no.2, 2021 , pp. 135-153 More about this Journal
Abstract
The demilitarized zone (DMZ) is a border barrier with 248 kilometers in length and about 4 kilometers in width crossing east to west to divide the Korean Peninsula about in half. The boundary at 2 kilometers to the south is called the southern limit line. The DMZ has formed a unique ecosystem through a natural ecological succession after the Armistice Agreement and has high conservation value. However, the use of facilities for the military operation and the unchecked weeding often damage the areas in the vicinities of the southern limit line's iron-railing. This study aimed to prepare basic data for the restoration of damaged barren vegetation. As a result of classifying vegetation communities based on indicator species, 10 communities were identified as follows: Duchesnea indica Community, Hosta longipes Community, Sedum kamtschaticum-Sedum sarmentosum Community, Potentilla anemonefolia Community, Potentilla fragarioides var. major Community, Prunella vulgaris var. lilacina Community, Dendranthema zawadskii var. latilobum-Carex lanceolata Community, Dendranthema zawadskii Community, Plantago asiatica-Trifolium repens Community, and Ixeris stolonifera-Kummerowia striata Community. Highly adaptable species can characterize vegetation in barren areas to environment disturbances because artificial disturbances such as soil erosion, soil compaction, topography change, and forest fires caused by military activities frequently occur in the barren areas within the southern limit line. Most of the dominant species in the communities are composed of plants that are commonly found in the roads, roadsides, bare soil, damaged areas, and grasslands throughout South Korea. Currently, the vegetation in barren areas in the vicinities of the DMZ is in the early ecological succession form that develops from bare soil to herbaceous vegetation. Since dominant species distributed in barren land can grow naturally without special maintenance and management, the data can be useful for future restoration material development or species selection.
Keywords
DMZ BARBED WIRE FENCE; DAMAGED AREA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INDICATOR SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY;
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