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Flora of Vascular Plants and Vertical Distributional Patterns of Vulnerable Species for Climate Change in Deogyusan National Park, Korea

덕유산국립공원의 관속식물과 기후변화 취약종의 수직분포특성

Yongsoon Lee1†
,
Tae-Soo Jang2†
,
Hyeonjin Kim3
,
Minyeong Kwak3
,
Bokyung Choi4
,
Jiyeon Lee5
,
Soonku So6
이 용순1†
,
장 태수2†
,
김 현진3
,
곽 민영3
,
최 보경4
,
이 지연5
,
소 순구6
1Graduate Student, Department of Biology Education, Kongju National University, Gongju 32588, Korea
2Professor, Department of Biological Science, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
3Graduate Student, Department of Biological Science, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
4Post-doc, Department of Biological Science, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
5Researcher, Korea National Park Research Institute, Wonju 26441, Korea
6Research Fellow, Korea National Park Research Institute, Wonju 26441, Korea
1공주대학교 생물교육과, 대학원생
2충남대학교 생물과학과, 교수
3충남대학교 생물과학과, 대학원생
4충남대학교 생물과학과, 박사연구원
5국립공원연구원, 연구원
6국립공원연구원, 연구위원
*Corresponding Author
†These authors contributed equally to this work.
1 April 2025. pp. 208-246
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Abstract

The Deogyusan National Park has a wide plant diversification with natural beauty and greenery accompanied by rich biodiversity and natural resources. The floristic survey was conducted 33 times in total from April to October 2020, and resulted in the identification of 748 plant taxa belonging to 396 genera and 123 families. Four endangered plants, Cypripedium japonicum (category I), C. macranthos (category II), Aconitum austrokoreense (category II), and Lilium dauricum (category II), were found in the area. While 19 red list plants designed by the National Institute of Biological Resources were found, 31 Korean endemic taxa including Cimicifuga austrokoreana, Fallopia koreana, and Maianthemum bicolor were distributed in the Deogyusan National Park. A total of 57 taxa of floristic regional indicators (V-III grade) were found, including 5 taxa of V, 11 taxa of IV and 41 taxa of III. In this survey, 40 naturalized plants were recorded including 5.3% of naturalization index, 9.4% of urbanization index as well as six ecosystem disturbing plants. Plant diversity in Deogyusan National Park seemed to be decreased and influenced by various factors due to the human interference and agriculture. To conserve biodiversity of Deogyusan National Park, it is essential to establish conservation strategies for native habitats, focusing on northern lineage plants among vulnerable species for climate change.

Keywords
Deogyusan National park
Endangered and rare plant
Flora
Korean endemic plant
Plant distribution
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  • Publisher :The Plant Resources Society of Korea
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국자원식물학회
  • Journal Title :Korean Journal of Plant Resources
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국자원식물학회지
  • Volume : 38
  • No :2
  • Pages :208-246
  • Received Date : 2024-08-26
  • Revised Date : 2024-10-15
  • Accepted Date : 2024-10-17
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7732/kjpr.2025.38.2.208
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