Dominant Floristic Composition and its Distribution in the Upper Keum River Basin

금강 상류유역의 우점 식물상 조성과 분포

  • Beon, Mu-Sup (Department of Landscape Architecture, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Oh, Hyun-Kyung (Graduate School, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Kim, Young-Ha (Graduate School, Chonbuk National University)
  • 변무섭 (전북대학교 조경학과) ;
  • 오현경 (전북대학교 대학원 조경학과) ;
  • 김영하 (전북대학교 대학원 조경학과)
  • Received : 2005.06.30
  • Published : 2005.08.31

Abstract

The flora of the studied basin in the upper Keum River was listed as 237taxa; 63families, 162genera, 212species, 22varieties and 3forms. Based on the list of the ecosystem disturbance plants by the Ministry of Environment, 4taxa were recorded in the studied basin : Paspalum distichum(Gramineae), Paspalum distichum var. indutum(Gramineae), Ambrosia artemisiifolia var. elatior(Compositae), Ambrosia trifida(Compositae). Naturalized plants was listed as 54taxa; 16families, 41genera, 51species, 3varieties and naturalization index was 22.8percent of 1/4 the vascular plants. Upper Keum River was dominant floristic : indicator species were Salix gracilistyla community, Phragmites japonica community, native plants were Morus alba community, Spiraea prunifolia for. simpliciflora community, planting plants were Populus euramericana community, naturalized plants were Solidago serotina community, Helianthus tuberosus community.

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