• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.41-47
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• 2016

The phytosociological study was carried out to investigate the structural characteristics of coastal vegetaion in South Korea. The vegetation data of total 102 sites were analyzed by the $Z{\ddot{u}}rich$-Montpellier school's method. Eleven community of coastal vegetation were recognized : Vitex rotundifolia-Rosa wichuraiana community, Calystegia soldanella community, Carex kobomugi-Elymus mollis community, Zoysia sinica community, Suaeda maritima community, Suaeda australis community, Suaeda glauca-Atriplex gmelinii community, Suaeda japonica community, Phragmites communis community and Calamagrostis epigeios community. Principal componant analysis (PCA) showed the similar result with phytosoiological classification.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.109 no.2
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• pp.124-135
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• 2020

Alder (Alnus japonica) forests are representative of the wetland in East Asia, including Korea. In the past, alder forests were relatively common in various habitats such as mountains, riversides, back marshes, and alluvial plains. However, this plant community has recently become rare due to increasingly arid habitats and the influence of various land uses. In this study, we identify the synecological characteristics of alder (A. japonica) forests distributed naturally in the mountainous wetlands of Korea and provide basic data for their systematic conservation and management in the future. Based on vegetation survey data collected from 66 alder forests, community types were classified using the methods of the Zürich-Montpellier School of Phytosociology and two-way indicator species analysis. There were eight community types: Styrax obassia, Weigela subsessilis-Fraxinus mandschurica, Spiraea fritschiana, Viola verecunda, Impatiens textori-Spiraea salicifolia, Glyceria leptolepis, Molinia japonica, and Lindera obtusiloba-Quercus acutissima. These community types constituted a vegetation unit hierarchy of two communities, four subcommunities, and eight variants. In addition, the ecological characteristics of each community type were compared (including total coverage per 100 square meter, importance value index, constancy class, life-form composition, diversity indices, community similarity coefficient, and indicator species).