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http://dx.doi.org/10.5660/WTS.2017.6.1.40

A New Association of Gueldenstaedtio-Zoysietum japonicae: A Syntaxonomical and Syngeographical Description of the Southernmost Population of Gueldenstaedtia verna in South Korea  

Lee, Jung-A (Department of Biology, Graduate School, Keimyung University)
Kim, Jong-Won (Biological Science, Keimyung University)
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Weed & Turfgrass Science / v.6, no.1, 2017 , pp. 40-54 More about this Journal
Abstract
The mound grave of Korean traditional funeral culture is a unique habitat which is a Zoysiagrass lawn being sustainable in proper management. We phytosociologically described an unusual Zoysiagrass vegetation with Gueldenstaedtia verna by the Zürich-Montpellier School's method and analyzed eco-floristic characteristics. A new association, Gueldenstaedtio-Zoysietum japonicae ass. nov. hoc loco, was identified and subdivided into festucetosum ovinae, typicum, and trifolietosum repensae. The subassociations were distinguished by the difference in species composition resulting from site accessibility and lawn management method. The association was assigned as not only a regional but also a locally-limited vegetation type, which distributes on a particular microhabitat with strong continentality in the Daegu regional subdistrict of Bioclimatological division. The Zoysiagrass vegetation of Korea was considered as a continental type apparently different from the oceanic type of Zoysion japonicae (Miscanthetea sinensis, Caricetalia nervatae). Mound graves in Korea should be acknowledged as a meaningful habitat for the in-situ conservation of biodiversity and phytocoenosen, despite being a secondary grassland of Gueldenstaedtio-Zoysietum japonicae.
Keywords
Korean grave vegetation; Secondary grassland; Syntaxonomy; Zoysiagrass; Zoysion japonicae;
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