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A Study on the Changes in Vascular Flora and its Management Plan in the Muuido (Incheon Metropolitan City) area

무의도(인천광역시) 일대의 관속식물상 변화 및 관리방안

Jong-Won Lee1
,
Narae Yun2
,
Bo-Mi Nam3
이 종원1
,
윤 나래2
,
남 보미3
1Deputy Section Chief, Forest Ecology & Restoration Center, Korea Forest Conservation Association, Daejeon 35262, Korea
2Researcher, Division of Botany, Honam National Institute of Biological Resources, Mokpo 58762, Korea
3Research Director, Division of Botany, Honam National Institute of Biological Resources, Mokpo 58762, Korea
1한국산지보전협회 산림생태복원센터, 대리
2국립호남권생물자원관 식물자원연구부, 전임연구원
3국립호남권생물자원관 식물자원연구부, 부장
*Corresponding Author
1 August 2025. pp. 408-448
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Abstract

This study was carried out identify the changes in vascular plants in the Muuido area of Jung-gu, Incheon Metropolitan City, and also to use the identified plants as basic data for effective management and biodiversity conservation in the era of climate crisis. The survey was conducted three times and 18 routes by season, from April 2023 to October 2024. A total of 97 families, 328 genera, 496 species, 13 subspecies, 42 varieties, 5 forma, and 556 taxa were identified in the vascular plants in the Muuido area. This is approximately 11.93% of the total 4,660 taxa in the National Species List (vascular plants). Five taxa were identified as endemic species in Muuido, 10 taxa in the Red-list, 78 taxa as floristic target plants, 62 taxa as invasive alien plants, and 7 taxa as ecosystem-disrupting plants. The naturalization rate was 11.15%, and the urbanization index was 14.66%, respectively of Muuido. From 1980 to this study (2023), a total of 798 vascular plant taxa have been recorded on Muuido. As a result of comparing and analyzing the changes in vascular plants before and after the construction of Muui Bridge in 2019, the diversity of vascular plants was found to have increased significantly, but the influx of invasive alien plants also increased sharply. Furthermore, some obligate wetland plants like Utricularia japonica Makino are undergoing local extinction, so management measures such as a fallow year system that can conserve notable plants are urgently needed.

Keywords
Biodiversity conservation
Change in vascular plants
Invasive alien plants
Local extinction
Muuido
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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 :4
  • Pages :408-448
  • Received Date : 2025-04-28
  • Revised Date : 2025-07-06
  • Accepted Date : 2025-07-07
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7732/kjpr.2025.38.4.408
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