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The Flora and Vegetation Structure of Mt. Man of Hwacheon-Gun

  • Park, Seong-Ho;Kim, Se-Chang;Seo, Han-Na;Son, Yong-Hwan;Han, Gyu-Il;Park, Wan-Geun
    • Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2019.04a
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    • pp.90-90
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    • 2019
  • This study was carried out to investigate the vegetation and vegetation structure of Mt. Man in Hwacheon Gun from April to October 2018. The survey site is located in the northern part of South Korea where the climate is similar to that of North Korea. The purpose of this study is to provide basic information for efficient ecological forest management after unification. A total of 341 vascular plant taxa are recorded, representing 221 genera, 4 subspecies, 42 varieties and 6 forms in 84 families. Rare species, including Crataegus komarovii and Amitostigma gracile are found across 10 taxa; 8 families, 10 genera, 9 species, 1 variety. Naturalized Plants, including Ambrosia artemisiifolia and Erigeron annuus found across 11 taxa; 6 families, 10 genera, 11 species. Dominant tree species of the tree layer based on the highest importance values were: Quercus mongolica (23.47%), Larix kaempferi (11.43%), Fraxinus rhynchophylla (8.30%), in the subtree layer were: Lindera obtusiloba (11.38%), Acer pictum subsp. mono (11.33%), Fraxinus rhynchophylla (9.80%) and in the shrub layer were: Lindera obtusiloba (10.22%), Fraxinus rhynchophylla (8.43%), Rubus crataegifolius (8.00%), in the herb layer Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum (5.67%), Oplismenus undulatifolius (5.00%), Lysimachia clethroides (3.49%) respectively. The species diversity of Mt. Man was 1.1764 in the tree layer, 1.2403 in the subtree layer, 1.4135 in the shrub layer, and 1.7416 in the herb layer. In conclusion, if we utilize the flora and vegetation structure surveyed in Mt. Man, we can effectively manage the degraded forests with similar altitudes and climate zones in North Korea.

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Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb. (Poaceae), a New Invasive Alien Plant in Korea (미기록 침입외래식물: 좀들묵새(벼과))

  • Kim, Young-Soo;Jang, Ju Eun;Kim, Ji Eun;Jeong, Hyeon Jin;Kang, Eun Su;Gil, Hee-Young;Son, Dong Chan
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.35 no.5
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    • pp.607-613
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    • 2022
  • Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb., a newly identified invasive alien species, was found in Gangcheon-ri, Yeoju-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. It is native to North America and has been reported to be an invasive alien plant in Japan, Australia, and Ukraine. Vulpia octoflora is a weed that grows mainly in dry sandy or rocky soil and is frequently found along the roadside in open areas or in artificially disturbed sites. This species is similar to the recently confirmed alert alien species, V. bromoides (L.) Gray, but is readily distinguishable due to more florets per spikelet and a short awn of the lemma. A detailed species description, the geographical distribution, illustrations, photographs, and an identification key for all species of Vulpia that occur in Korea are provided.

Forest Vegetation Classification and Species Composition of Mt. Ilwol, Yeongyang-Gun, Korea (일월산 산림식생의 종구성적 특성)

  • Lee Jung-Hyo;Bae Kwan-Ho;Cho Hyun-Je
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.132-140
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    • 2006
  • Forest vegetation classification and species composition of Mt. Ilwol, Yeongyang-Gun, Korea, were studied combining the Braun-Blanquet approach with numerical syntaxonomical analyses (TWINSPAN). Vegetation types and various ecological characteristics such as flora, constancy classes, species ratio of life-form, species diversity and importance value were analyzed. Sixty-eight samples were taken from a $100m^2$ square plot each. Forest communities were identified as two great types: arid landform of mountainside (AM) and humid fertility of piedmont and valley (HP). The former was divided into 3 communities (Rhododendron mucronulatum, Quercus variabilis, Hosta capitat community) and 2groups, and the latter into 3 communities (Tilia amurensis, Vitis coignetiae, Philadelphus schrenckii community) and 2 groups. Vegetation was classified into 8 units. Floristically, the most represented family was Compositae with 26 species. Species with percentage constance degree of more than 61% was Quercus mongolica (72.1%, IV); Carex siderosticat (III) and Fraxinus rhynchophylla (III) were 50.0 and 41.1%, respectively. Life-forms species ratios for trees, subtrees, shrub, vines, grominoids, forbs and ferns were 18.5, 5.7, 14.9, 6.6, 8.8, 42.4 and 3.1%, respectively, PH type showed from $1.70{\pm}0.50\;to\;1.97{\pm}0.57$ and AM type was from $1.40{\pm}0.18\;to\;1.62{\pm}0.20$ in species diversity; therefore, the former type showed higher species diversity than the latter, According to importance value analysis, Pinus densiflora, Quercus mongolica and Q. variabilis were higher in the tree layer, Q. mongolica in the subtree layer, Fraxinus sieboldiana, R. schlippenbachii, etc. in the shrub layer and Carex siderosticta, Carex humilis, etc. in the herb layer.

Flora of World Natural Heritage, Manjang-gul Lava Tube's Commercial Entrance Region in Jeju Island (세계자연유산 만장굴 입구 주변의 관속식물상)

  • Tho, Jae-Hwa;Kim, Chan-Soo;Moon, Myong-Ok;Kang, Chang-Hun
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.17 no.10
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    • pp.1081-1092
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    • 2008
  • This study was conducted to provide scientific information for establishing efficient and systematic measures for nature conservation and management in Manjang-gul lava tube. The number of vascular plants was 204 taxa (82 families, 176 genera, 144 species, 1 subspecies, 26 varieties and 1 forma). Of those, pteridophyte were 5 families, 12 genera, 14 species and 1 variety and gymnosperm were 4 families, 6 genera, 5 species and 1 variety. Seventy three families, 149 genera, 157 species, 1 subspecies, 24 varieties and 1 forma in angiosperm composed of 62 families, 123 genera, 137 species, 1 subspecies, 17 varieties and 1 forma in dicotyledon and 11 families, 26 genera, 20 species and 7 varieties in monocotyledon. The number of naturalized plants was 9 families, 17 genera, 18 species and 3 varieties, totaling 21 taxa.

Taxonomic Re-evaluation of Megacollybia Species in Korea

  • Kim, Chang Sun;Jo, Jong Won;Kwag, Young-Nam;Han, Jae-Gu;Shrestha, Bhushan;Sung, Gi-Ho;Han, Sang-Kuk
    • Mycobiology
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    • v.42 no.1
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    • pp.22-26
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    • 2014
  • The diversity of the genus Megacollybia in Korea was examined based on morphological observation and analysis of molecular data. Currently, the genus is consisted of nine species with a global distribution. However, only M. platyphylla has been reported in the floral survey of Korea. During our re-evaluation of the taxonomic diversity of Megacollybia in Korea, six Megacollybia specimens collected in 2012 were identified based on internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences and morphology. Here, we report two Megacollybia species, M. clitocyboidea and M. marginata, as newly recorded species from Korea. The microscopic features of the two species are provided in this study. To our knowledge, this is the first phylogenetic analysis of Korean Megacollybia species.

The Study of Adaptable Plant Species according to Warmth Index using RCP 8.5 Scenarios in Cheonan-Si (RCP 8.5 시나리오를 이용하여 온량지수에 따른 천안시 적응 가능한 식물종 연구)

  • Kong, Seok Jun;Shin, Jin Ho;Yang, Keum Chul
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.19-30
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    • 2013
  • This study was proposed to adaptable species according to climate change using warmth index(WI) in Cheonan-Si. RCP 8.5 was used to estimate change of warmth index(WI) depending on climate change in Cheonan-Si. Climatic change of Cheonan-Si was estimated to change from cool temperate forest central zone to warm temperate forest zone. The following plant species will survive within WI change of Cheonan-Si from 2010 to 2050 : 18 species in the tree layer including Quercus serrata, Q. variabilis, Pinus densiflora, Q. acutissima etc.; 28 species in the shrub layer including Rhus trichocarpa, Lindera obtusiloba, Zanthoxylum schinifolium etc.; 24 species in the herb layer including Oplismenus undulatifolius, Carex lanceolata, etc.; 12 species in the vine plants including Smilax china, Cocculus trilobus, etc.

Distributional Pattern of Tree Species in Response to Soil Variables in a Semi Natural Tropical Forest of Bangladesh

  • Ara, Saida Hossain;Limon, Mahedi Hasan;Kibria, Mohammad Golam
    • Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.14-24
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    • 2021
  • A plant community is a group of populations that coexist in space and interact directly or indirectly with the environment. In this paper, we determined the pattern of tree species composition in response to soil variables in Khadimnagar National Park (KNP), which is one of the least studied tropical forests in Bangladesh. Soil and vegetation data were collected from 71 sample plots. Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) with associated Monte Carlo permutation tests (499 permutations) was carried out to determine the most significant soil variable and to explore the relationship between tree species distribution and soil variables. Soil pH and clay content (pH with p<0.01 and Clay content with p<0.05) were the most significant variables that influence the overall tree species distribution in KNP. Soil pH is related to the distribution and abundance of Syzygium grande and Magnolia champaca, which were mostly found and dominant species in KNP. Some species were correlated with clay content such as Artocarpus chaplasha and Cassia siamea. These observations suggest that both the physico-chemical properties of soil play a major role in shaping the tree distribution in KNP. Hence, these soil properties should take into account for any tree conservation strategy in this forest.

Two New Species of the Family Acarosporaceae from South Korea

  • Jung Shin Park ;Young-Nam Kwag ;Sang-Kuk Han ;Soon-Ok Oh
    • Mycobiology
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    • v.51 no.4
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    • pp.216-229
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    • 2023
  • Acarosporaceae is a crustose lichen and is known as a species that has more than 50 multispores, and has hyaline spores. Those taxa are often found in rock and soil in mountain areas or coastal regions in Korea, and very diverse forms and species are known. However, after an overall genetic phylogenetic analysis of carbonized ascomata in 2015, species consisting only of the morphological base are newly divided, and several species of Acarosporaceae in Korea are also being discovered in this situation. As a result of analysis using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and nuLSU gene analysis, Korean species belonged to Acarospora and Sarcogyne clade, and Acarospora classified as the Acarospora clade was mixed with the Polysporina group and the Sarcogyne clade is mixed with the Acarospora. We identified two new species (Acarospora beangnokdamensis J. S. Park & S. O. Oh, sp. nov., Sarcogyne jejuensis J. S. Park & S. O. Oh, sp. nov.) through morphological, molecular, and secondary metabolite substance and found one new record (Sarcogyne oceanica K. Knudsen & Kocourk). We have made a classification key for Acarospora and Sarcogyne in Korea and reported all information together here.

The Study on the Distribution of Lepidoptera on forest stand in Central Gangwon Area(I) (강원 중부지역 산림 내 나비류 분포에 관한 연구(I))

  • Chang, Suk Jun;Sim, Sang Jun;Choi, Jong Won;Won, Dae Sung;Kim, Jong Kuk
    • Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.66-74
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    • 2005
  • This study investigated to distribute of Lepidoptera on the forest stands of central Ganwon area from July to August in 2004. Collected species in the study area were 570 individuals, 162 speices, 14 family. The number of collected species was 149 didivisuals, 69 species, 12 family in the Hangyeri and 58 individuals 22 speices 6 family in the Jinburi. Dominant species were Dendrolimus superans 40 individuals, Ampelophaga rubiginosa 32 individuals, Dolbina exacta 27 individuals, Oberthueria caeca 26 individuals, Dudusa sphigiformis 23 individuals. Shannon species diversity index(H') and Evenness index(J') were 1.34, 0.86 in the Bongmyeungri, 1.48, 0.89 in the Garniungri, 1.77, 0.94 in the Hangyeri. 1.53, 0.93 in the Youngdaeri, 1.56, 0.94 Guidunri, 1.15, 0.83 in the Jinburi, respectively. Community similarity index(QS) showed the lowest value in the Jinburi and Guidunri as 0.11, the highest value in the Youngdaeri and Hyngyeri as 0.38.

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Structure of Evergreen Broad-leaved Forest Community at Baegunbong Area in Wando (완도(莞島) 백운봉(白雲峰) 상록활엽수림(常綠闊葉樹林)의 산림군락구조(山林群落構造) 연구(硏究))

  • Bae, Haeng-Gun;Park, Moon-Su
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.90 no.6
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    • pp.756-766
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    • 2001
  • A phytosociological study on the community structure was carried out in the evergreen broad-leaved forests around Baegunbong area in Wando from June to August, 2000. A total of 31 plots, the size of which was $10m{\times}30m$, were set up in the study area. Cluster analysis for the total 54 tree species appearing in the 31 plots, showed that forest community cloud be classified into 5 groups, such as : Quercus acuta community, Quercus acuta-Camellia japonica community, Quercus acuta-Deciduous broad-leaved tree species community, Quercus acuta-Evergreen Deciduous broad-leaved tree species community, Quereus acuta-Carpinus tschonoskii community. The species of high appearance frequency ratio in 31 plots were Quercus acuta, Camellia japonica, Styrax japonica, Eurya japonica, Ligustrum japonicum, Cinnamomum japonicum, Sapium japonicum and Acer psuedo-sieboldianum. Dominant tree species were covered with Quercus acuta, Styrax japonica, Prunus sargentii, Carpinus laxiflora and Quercus serrata, and Quercus acuta, Camellia japonica, Eurya japonica, Ligustrum japonicum, Cinnamomum japonicum and Sapium japonicum at sub-canopy. The forest vegetation in the surveyed area except the summit of Baegunbong will be proceeding with Quercus acuta community. The species diversity of Quercus acuta community, Quercus acuta-Camellia japonica community, Quercus acuta-Deciduous broad-leaved tree species community, Quercus acuta-Evergreen Deciduous broad-leaved tree species community, and Quercus acuta-Carpinus tschonoskii community were 0.687, 0.866, 0.933, 0.966, and 1.018, respectively. The species diversity of Quercus acuta community was rather low.

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