Abstract

Flora, actual vegetation map, distribution area by the life form, primary productivity and annual primary production by the vascular hydrophytes and hygrophytes were investigated in the Upo wetland, Changnyeong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea from May 2005 to March 2006. The flora of Upo, Mokpo, Sajipo, Jokjibyeol, Topyeongcheon upstream, and Topyeongcheon downstream were composed of 263, 233, 244, 182, 190, and 178 taxa, respectively. The flora of total study area was 85 families, 224 genera, 287 species, 42 varieties, 4 form, or total 333 taxa. Among them, hydrophytes, hygrophytes, and others were 38, 108, and 187 taxa, respectively. The life form of the vascular hydrophytes was classified as 20 taxa of emergent plants, 6 taxa of floating-leaved plants, 5 taxa of free-floating plants, and 7 taxa of submersed plants, respectively. There were 27 plant communities including pure population, mixed population, and etc. It is also found that Trapa japonica-Ceratophyllum demersum community occupies 60.64 ha, the largest area, and Salvinia natans-Ceratophyllum demersum community 32.91 ha, Zizania latifolia community 30.05 ha, and that the area of free-floating plants was the largest as 172.6 ha(47.9%) on the basis of life form. Total annual primary production of the vascular hydrophytes and hygrophytes was 1,383.3ton. That of the emergent hydrophytes was the most as 564.1 ton(40.8%), and those of the free-floating, floating-leaved, and the submersed were 484.1 ton(34.9%), 146.7 ton(10.6%), and 1.3 ton(0.5%), respectively, and the hygrophytes was 182.1 ton(13.2%). Since most plant species are fairly adapted to the present marsh environment, bad influences and change of species composition are expected by the artificial influences on the wetland such as fragmentation, reclamation, and introduction of the exotic species. Therefore, schemes and counterplans for the conservation and preservation of the marsh are demanded.

우포늪에서 2005년 5월부터 2006년 3월까지 수생 및 습생 관속식물을 대상으로 식물상과 생활형별 분포현황, 현존식생도 및 생활형별 분포 면적, 생활형별 연순생산성 및 1차생산을 조사하였다. 조사지역에 분포하는 수생 및 습생 관속식물은 우포 263종류, 목포 233종류, 사지포 244종류, 쪽지벌 182종류, 토평천 상류 190종류, 토평천 하류 178종류 등으로 85과 224속 287종 42변종 4품종 등 총 333 종류가 확인되었다. 관속식물을 생활형별로 구분하면 수생식물 38종류, 습생식물 108종류, 육상식물 187종류 등이고, 수생식물을 생활형별로 구분하면 정수식물 20종류 부엽식물 6종류 부수식물 5종류 침수식물 7종류 등으로 구분되었다. 우포늪의 식물군락은 27개 군락으로 구분되었으며, 현존식생도에 나타난 군락별 분포 면적은 마름-붕어마름 군락이 60.64 ha로 가장 넓고, 다음으로 생이가래-붕어마름 군락 32.91 ha, 줄 군락 30.05 ha 등의 순이었으며 생활형별로는 부수식물이 차지하는 면적이 172.6 ha(47.9%)로 가장 넓었다. 수생 및 습생 관속식물의 1차 생산량은 총 1,383.3 ton이고, 그 중 수생식물은 정수식물 564.1 ton(40.8%), 부수식물484.1 ton(34.9%), 부엽식물 146.7 ton(10.6%), 침수식물 1.3 ton(0.5%) 등의 순이었으며, 습생식물의 1차생산량은 182.1 ton(13.2%)이었다. 이들 수생 및 습생식물들은 대부분 현재의 늪 환경에 적응된 종이므로 늪의 육상화가 진행될 경우 종조성의 변화를 포함하여 생태계에 미치는 악영향이 예상되므로 늪의 보전 대책 및 보존 방안이 요망된다.

Keywords

• actual vegetation map;
• annual primary production;
• hydrophytes;
• hygrophytes;
• life form;
• primary productivity;
• Upo wetland

• 생활형;
• 수생식물;
• 습생식물;
• 우포늪;
• 1차생산;
• 현존식생도;