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http://dx.doi.org/10.7732/kjpr.2015.28.1.035

Floristic Study of Woraksan National Park in Korea  

Jang, Chang-Seok (Department of Biology, Chungbuk National University)
Yang, Sun-Gyu (K-herb Research Organization, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
Jang, Hyun-Do (Department of Biology, Chungbuk National University)
Lee, Ro-Young (Department of Seed / Seeding Management, National Forest Seed & Variety Center)
Park, Min-Su (Division of Herbal Medicine Research, Ministry of Food and Drugs Safety)
Kim, Ki-Hong (Department of Biology, Chungbuk National University)
Oh, Byoung-Un (Department of Biology, Chungbuk National University)
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Korean Journal of Plant Resources / v.28, no.1, 2015 , pp. 35-63 More about this Journal
Abstract
A floristic, field research was conducted from March 2005 to October 2012 the Woraksan National Park (N $36^{\circ}46^{\prime}{\sim}36^{\circ}59^{\prime}$, E $128^{\circ}02^{\prime}{\sim}128^{\circ}19^{\prime}$) to characterize the flora of the region. Especially, we divided the surveyed region into nine representative collection areas based on floristic components were compared and analyzed. This field study discovered significant plants in various categories. The 41 surveys revealed that the vascular plants in this region comprised 815 taxa: 116 families, 429 genera, 717 species, 4 subspecies, 78 varieties and 16 forms. In this study, 80 taxa were firstly recorded from this region. Korean endemic plants numbered 22 taxa, and the fifteen taxa rare plants designated by Korean Forest Service as were found in this region. The taxa in the category II of rare and endangered plants and the taxa with the higher rank than the third degree among the floristic regional indicator plants designated by Korean Ministry of Environment were one and 56, respectively. From a geographical perspective, limited distributions of Matteuccia struthiopteris, Spiraea trichocarpa, and Aster tataricus at a latitudes higher than that of Woraksan National Park. Moreover, this study has confirmed that the Woraksan National Park is the species diversity center for Asarum koreanum, Elsholtzia angustifolia, and Allium linearifolium in the central province of the Korean peninsula. Inaddition, the naturalized plants of 54 taxa were recorded.
Keywords
Woraksan National Park; Flora; Plant distribution;
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