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http://dx.doi.org/10.9715/KILA.2017.45.5.014

Growth Environment Characteristics and Decline in Mt. Seunghak's Miscanthus sinensis Community  

Park, Seul-Gi (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Graduate School, Pusan National University)
Choi, Song-Hyun (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Pusan National University)
Hong, Suk-Hwan (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Pusan National University)
Lee, Sang-Cheol (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Graduate School, Pusan National University)
Yu, Chan-Yeol (Gyeongsangnam-do Forest Environment Research Institute)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture / v.45, no.5, 2017 , pp. 14-28 More about this Journal
Abstract
Mt. Seunghak's Miscanthus sinensis community is not only a landscape resource in terms of cultural services within the Ecosystem Services but also a site that is visited by many mountaineers in autumn. As the current Miscanthus sinensis community has been experiencing a rapid decline due to Korean forest succession characteristics, ongoing artificial management is thought to be needed for landscape resource use. The purpose of this study was to determine growth environment characteristics and the cause of the rapid decline of the Miscanthus sinensis community in Mt. Seunghak, which is located inside a large city with a large scale and outstanding accessibility. As the Miscanthus sinensis community is the representative early vegetation that appears temporarily in dry, barren soil, the Miscanthus sinensis community in Korean forest succession tends to be unsustainable. As the current soil on Mt. Seunghak is inappropriately fertile for the Miscanthus sinensis community, other wetland woody plant communities are anticipated to succeed it. If Miscanthus sinensis community maintenance is needed for Miscanthus sinensis landscape scenery, various alternatives apart from overall Miscanthus sinensis community maintenance should be determined for cost-effective management. For example, while many byways toward the inside of the Miscanthus sinensis community have affected the Miscanthus sinensis community growth environment, the installation of wooden fences and ropes has been a control in approach. As a result of this positive effect, many byways toward the inside of Miscanthus sinensis community have been restored naturally. Through viewable range analysis, as good scenery sites on the observatory have a good viewable range on the main trail as well, if these scenery sites are intensively managed, effective Miscanthus sinensis ccommunity management will be done despite maintenance budget cutbacks. This study is expected to be used as a basic material regarding the alternatives for a sustained Miscanthus sinensis community and the possibility of cultivating other growth in poor soils of fallow fields and unused land.
Keywords
Ecosystem Services; Incipient Vegetation; Cost-Effective Management; Scenic Diversity;
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