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A Study on the Flora and its Introduced Disturbing Plants in Damyang Area of Mudeungsan National Park, Korea (무등산국립공원 담양 지구의 식물상과 생태계교란 식물에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jong-Won;Lee, Suhong;Kang, Shin-Ho
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.103-113
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    • 2021
  • This study was investigated to find out the distribution of flora and remarkable plants and factors and management measures for influx of wild disturbed plants in the Damyang area of Mudeungsan National Park. The field survey was carried out 8 times from May 2019 to October 2020. First of all, in the Damyang area of Mudeungsan National Park, a total of 603 taxa in 107 families, 349 genera, 531 species, 57 varieties, 5 subspecies and 10 forms. This result was found to be about 12.33% of the total 4,881 taxa of vascular plants in Korea. In addition, Rare plants were classified as 15 taxa. Floristic special and Korean endemic plants were identified as 85 taxa and 13 taxa, respectively. Lastly, the naturalized plants that appeared in the Damyang area of Mudeungsan National Park were observed in 45 taxa with 45 species of 16 families and 36 genera. Moreover the naturalization rate was 7.46% and the urbanization index was calculated to be 14.01%. The wild disturbed plants were found in a total of 4 taxa. Especially, a sheep sorrel(Rumex acetosella) was focused on managing for physica and biological control at Sinseondae Eoksaepyungjeon.

Flora of Oesorak in Soraksan National Park (설악산 국립공원 외설악의 관속식물상)

  • Kim, Yong-Shik;Kang, Ki-Ho;Bae, Jun-Kyu;Shin, Hyun-Tak
    • Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.211-239
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    • 1997
  • The flora of Oesorak in the Soraksan National Park including Chombongsan(Mountain) and Kwanmobong(Peak) were surveyed from February to August, 1996. These areas have very rich and diverse flora;620 taxa with 89 families, 321 genera, 526 species, 2 subspecies, 89 varieties and 3 forms in the Oesorak, 404 taxa with 251 genera, 350 species, 1 subspecies, 51 varieties and 2 forms in the Chombongsan(Mountain), 286 taxa with 206 genera, 233 species, 1 subspecies, 50 varieties and 2 forms in Kwanmobong(peak). The Oesorak had very distinct floristic characteristics such as the wild habitats of Asarum maculatum(Aristolochiaceae) and Ilex macropoda(Aquifoliaceae). In the phyorgeographical point of view, the six species such as Sapium japonicum (Euphorbiaceae), Euphorbia joldini(Euphorbiaceae), Ilex macropoda (Aquifoliaceae), Styrax japonica (Styracaceae), Carex sideros ticta (Cyperaceae) and Asarum maculatum (Aristolochiaceae) were naturalized into this region, while the 17 taxa such as Abies neprolepis(Pinaceae), Pinus pumila(Pinaceae), Thuja koraiensis(Cupressaceae), Allium senescens(Liliaceae), Lilium distichum(Liliaceae), Saxifraga punctata(Saxfragaceae), Rosa marretii(Rosaceae), Bupleurum euphorbioides(Umbelliferae), Androsace cortusaefolia (Primulaceae), Peducularis mandshurica(Scrophulariaceae) and Leontopodium coreanum (Compositae) were distrivuted to this region. The colonizing weedy species such as Ixris repens (Compositae) were distributed to this region. The colonizing weedy species losa(Labiatae) and Rosa rugosa(Rosaceae) were naturalized into ca. 900m at sea level mainly due to the sand soil from the seashore. Mountain roadbed is susceptible than other areas to the slippery road problems, due largely to snow and rain, particularly during winter. Sand soils from seashore are utilized to minimize this slip in traffic operation.

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Vegetation structure and environmental factors in Paksil-nup Wetland, Hapcheon (박실늪의 식생 구조와 환경 요인)

  • Kim, Cheol-Soo;Lee, Pal-Hong;Son, Sung-Gon;Oh, Kyung-Hwan
    • Journal of Wetlands Research
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.31-40
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    • 2000
  • The flora, vegetation structure and physico-chemical characteristics of surface sediment were investigated in Paksil-nup wetland of Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea in 1990~1998. Ranges of the surface sediment characteristics such as pH, conductivity, organic matter, total nitrogen, available phosphorus, exchangeable K, exchangeable Ca, exchangeable Mg, and exchangeable Na were 4.36~4.34, $19.0{\sim}1260.0\;{\mu}mho\;cm^{-1}$, 0.01~6.35%, 0.001~0.14%, 0.01~0.31 mg/l00g, 1.01~13.98 ppm, 16.75~143.80 ppm, 0.93~14.85 ppm and 0.21~3.86 ppm, respectively. Percentages of the particle size such as sand, silt, and clay were 13.0~93.3%, 5.4~71.7%, and 0.5~37.5%, respectively. The flora of the study area was composed of 72 families, 182 genera, 223 species, 36 varieties and 2 form or total 261 kinds, and those were 45 kinds of vascular hydrophytes and 216 kinds of vascular hygrophytes. The life form of vascular hydrophytes was classified as 27 kinds (60%) of emergent plants, 8 kinds (18%) of submerged plants, 6 kinds (13%) of free-floating plants and 4 kinds (9%) of floating-leaved plants, respectively. The importance value of Salix nipponica was highest as 123.78 in the shrub and tree layers, and that of Trapa japonica was highest as 16.69 in the herb layer. The vegetation type was divided into two groups according to the association analysis. The vegetation of the littoral zone was classified into 7 associations according to the cluster analysis based on the coverage data. These results showed significant differences with those of stand ordination by correspondence analysis based on the species composition and by PCA based on the sediment properties. Factors affecting the distribution of the vascular hydrophytes and hygrophytes were the gradient of particle size, altitude, and water depth.

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Investigation and utilization of unique natural products from endemic tree species in Taiwan

  • Chu, Fang-Hua
    • Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2018.10a
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    • pp.23-23
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    • 2018
  • Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, located on tropical and subtropical climate zones with abundant biological resources. According to the latest version of the Flora of Taiwan, there are 4339 species of vascular plants including 1054 endemic species. First, Taiwania (Taiwania cryptomerioides), named after its native island of Taiwan, have been isolated more than 500 secondary metabolites, including lignans, terpenoids, steroids, and flavonoids. Several of the metabolites are reported to have antibacterial, antifungal, antimite, antitermite and antitumor activities. In order to investigate plant secondary metabolic diversity toward industrial applications, we established deep transcriptome resources for non-model plants and fungi to produce terpenoid metabolites of economic importance. Second, many plants of Lauraceae have been utilized in folk medicine for their exciting bioactivities. The twigs and leaves from 27 tree species of Lauraceae grown in Taiwan were performed to evaluate potential bioactivity. The leaves of Cinnamomum osmophloeum are traditionally used in folk medicines, and many biological activities have been identified, such as antibacterial, antifungal, antitermite, antidiabetic, antihyperuricemia, antiinflammatory, and antioxidant activities. However, C. osmophloeum has nine chemotypes with various secondary metabolite profiles. In order to efficiently produce active compounds, we established the genetic markers to identify the chemotype plants. Finally, Cinnamomum kanehirae is the host of the medicinal mushroom Antrodia cinnamomea. Several in vivo and in vitro studies indicated that A. cinnamomea possesses a diverse range of biological activities. Because of the potential pharmacological application, we established the transformation system to enhance the triterpenoid contents production.

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Ecological Characteristics of Host Plants for Phellinus linteus at Habitats in Gangwon-Do Province, Korea (강원도 일대의 상황버섯 기주식물 생태에 관한 연구)

  • Choe, Chang-Yong;Ahn, Young-Hee
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.21 no.9
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    • pp.1087-1095
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    • 2012
  • The investigation was made about distribution and ecological characteristics of host plant for Phellinus linteus at habitats in Gangwon-Do. The habitats of P. linteus are the place where the fog is much generated and there is lots of the moisture. The flora of the vascular plants in P. linteus habitats were consisted of 76 taxa; 62 species, 10 varieties and 4 formas of 62 genera of 40 families. The plants of infiltration type were found 70% around P. linteus habitats. This results shows that the natural environments of P. linteus habitat is very stable condition. The categories of vegetation were classified into two types. The host plant for P. linteus appeared 61.6% from Populus tomentiglandulosa. The first type showed up above the sea about 600m and west exposure region. The second type was investigated around the facing north region of the steep slope-land.

The Flora of Mt. Cheongwan (천관산의 식물상)

  • Kim, Dong-Cheol;Chung, Young-Jae
    • Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.253-266
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    • 2011
  • The number of vascular plants in Mt. Cheongwan was 323 taxa, which were consisted of 89 families, 221 genera, 270 species, 47 varieties, and 6 formas. Corylopsis coreana belonged in level II of extinction crisis wild plant were found. Six taxa of Korean endemic plants of 6 families, 6 genera, 5 species, and 1 forma were distributed. And also, 40 taxa of floristic specially plants of which 29 in level I, 2 in level II, 6 in level III, 2 in level IV, and finally 1 in level V were recognized. The ratio of naturalized and urbanization index was 3.72 % and 4.14 %, respectively.

Changes of Riparian Vegetation in Relation to Disturbance of Musim-Chon Stream, Cheongju (청주 무심천의 교란에 따른 식생분포의 변화)

  • 강상준;곽애경
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.21 no.5_1
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    • pp.435-448
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    • 1998
  • The phytosociological investigation was carried out at 32 sites of the riparian vegetation in Musim-Chon stream passed through Choengju-City, Chungcheongbuk-Province by Braun-Blanquet's method from August to October, 1997. The flora of vascular plants in this survey was 202 species. The riparian vegetation was classified into 25 communities as follows. The submerged hydrophytes are Potomogeton malaianus var. latifolius community, Potomogeton crispus community, Myriophyllum verticillatum community-Hydrilla verticillata community and Ceratophyllum demersum community. The floating-leaved hydrophyte is Trapa japonica community. The emerged hydrophytes are Phragmites communis community, Perzicaria thunbergii community, Phragmites japonica community, Oenanthe javanica community, Zizania latifolia community and Persicaria hydropiper community. The herbaceous vegetation of floodplain are Artemisia montana community, Humulus japonicus community, Miscanthus sacchariflorus community, Erigeron anmus community, Impatiens balsamina community, Bidens frondosa community, Setaria viridis community, Ambrosia artemisiifolia var. elatior community and Eragrostis ferruginea community. The woody vegetation of floodplain are Robinia pseudo-acacia community, Stephanandra incisa community and Clematis apiifolia community. The species diversity was low in the upper and down stream, while the diversity was high in the mid stream situated at the center of Choengju-City because of frequent disturbance by citizens. These results suggested that distribution of communities and species diversity was closely related to the disturbance.

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A Taxonomical and Ecological Study on the Flora of Chuja Island (추자도 식물상에 관한 분류$\cdot$생태학적 연구)

  • Lim, Joung Whan;Ho Joon Lee;Chang Ho Kim;Seon Ho Kim
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.187-203
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    • 1982
  • The results obtained from te field investigations of Chuja Island conducted for 5 days from July 18 to 22, 1980 and from August 12 to 16, 1981 are summarized as follows: Vascular plants of this island disclosed by the present study consisted of 86 families, 210 genera, 228 species, 38 varieties and 4 래금. Nineteen species of evergreen broad-leaved trees were discovered, including Litsea japonica Juss, Camellia japonica L. and Machilus thunbergii Sieb. et Zucc. These indeciduous latifoliate trees were preserved in poor condition. Ten-twenty years old Pinus thunbergii was confirmed to be the predominant species. Seaside plants encountered were 6 species, including Vitex rotundifolia L. Fil. and Asterspathullfoius Max., but they were poorly distributed. Naturalized plants comprised a total of 12 species. This varied number of species is considered attributable to the frequent access of men owing to convenient marine traffic. the destruction of vegetation of this island may be attributed to human interference (loggin for boat construction, building and charcoal materials) ever escalated by high population density. It is worthy of noting that Bochmeria penosa Nakai et Stake which forms a large community in this island can be used as textile resources.

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Flora and Classification by Characteristics of Nature Every Second Year in Wolchulsan National Park (월출산국립공원 자연휴식년제 구간의 식물현황과 특성별 분류)

  • Oh, Hyun-Kyung;Beon, Mu-Sup
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.201-211
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    • 2007
  • The vascular plants at the nature every second year in Wolchulsan National Park was listed 325 taxa: 86 families, 205 genera, 283 species, 1 subspecies, 36 varieties and 5 forms. Based on the list of the rare plants by the Forest Research Institute, 3 taxa were recorded in the studied areas; Lilium callosum (Preservation priority order; No. 191), Viola albida (No. 202), Wikstroemia trichotoma (No. 120) and based on the list of Korean endemic plants, 8 taxa were recorded; Carex okamotoi, Lilium amabile, Carpinus coreana, Clematis trichotoma, Stewartia koreana, Ajuga spectabilis, Weigela subsessilis, Adenophora triphylla var. hirsute. Specific plants by floral region were total 44 taxa; Prunus davidiana, Wistaria floribunda in class IV, 9 taxa (Neolitsea aciculata, Vaccinium bracteatum, Utricularia racemosa, etc.) in class III, 5 taxa (Bupleurum longiradiatum, Ostericum melanotilingia, Cirsium schantarense) in class II, 28 taxa (Polygonatum falcatum, Eurya japonica, Ajuga spectabilis, etc.) in class I. The naturalized plants in this site were 4 families, 6 genera, 9 taxa and naturalization rate was 2.8% of all 325 taxa vascular plants.

Floristic Study of Jingangsan (Ganghwa-gun), Korea (진강산(강화군)의 관속식물상)

  • Kim, Jung-Hyun;Park, Sung-Ae;Yoon, Chang-Young
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.189-203
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    • 2016
  • This study was carried out to investigate the flora of Jingangsan Mt. (Ganghwa-gun). The vascular plants identified during the 11 round field surveys were a to total of 560 taxa: 114 families, 336 genera, 495 species, 7 subspecies, 53 varieties, 4 forms and 1 hybrid. A high plant diversity were Poaceae (11.0%), Asteraceae (10.8%), Cyperaceae (8.8%), Rosaceae (4.6%) and Lamiaceae (4.3%) in regular order. The four taxa of Korean endemic plants such as Viola seoulensis Nakai, Salix koriyanagi Kimura ex Goerz, Hemerocallis hakuunensis Nakai and Polygonatum infundiflorum Y. S. Kim, B. U. Oh & C. G. Jang were collected. The vascular plants on the red list according to IUCN evaluation basis were found to be four taxa: Near Threatened (NT) species of Delphinium maackianum Regel, and Not Evaluate (NE) species of Mosla japonica (Benth. ex Oliv.) Maxim., Carex paxii Kük. and Polygonatum infundiflorum Y. S. Kim, B. U. Oh & C. G. Jang. The floristic regional indicator plants found in this area were 28 taxa comprising two taxa of degree IV, three taxa of degree III, eight taxa of degree II, and 15 taxa of degree I. In addition, the naturalized plants were identified as 44 taxa and the percentage of naturalized index (NI) was 7.9%, and Urbanization Index (UI) was 13.7%.