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Floristic Study of Mt. Myeongji (Gapyeong-gun) in Korea

명지산(가평군)의 관속식물상

Seog Woo Kwon1
권 석우1
1Graduate Student, Department of Life Science, Gachon University, Seongnam 13120, Korea
1가천대학교 생명과학과, 대학원생
*Corresponding Author
1 February 2025. pp. 39-63
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Abstract

The current study aimed to investigate the distribution of vascular plants vegetated in Mt. Myeongji (Gapyeong-gun), Korea. Twenty one field surveys from March 2023 to June 2024 revealed 701 taxa of vascular plants in total, representing 642 species, 19 subspecies, 37 varieties, one form, and two hybrids belonging to 374 genera of 109 families. Of these taxa, 30 taxa are endemic to Korea, two are endangered(Cypripedium japonicum, Pedicularis ishidoyana), and 18 are Korean red list of threatened species. Among 157 taxa of the floristic target species to Korea resulted from the surveys, two belongs to grade V, 17 taxa to grade IV, 53 to III, 48 to II, and 37 taxa to grade I, subsequently. Those species whose southern limits in their distribution boundaries are at the surveyed and nearby areas were revealed 130 taxa. Alien species were recorded to 41 taxa with 9.0% of the Naturalized Index and 10.5% of Urbanization Index calculated. Of 677 taxa reported in the previous floristic studies of current research sites, 520 taxa were confirmed in their vegetations, but 157 taxa were not found through this study. Finally, a total of 701 taxa were recorded by this study with 181 taxa added newly.

Keywords
Alien plants
Endemic plants
Mt. Myeongji
Northern lineage plants
Vascular plants
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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 :1
  • Pages :39-63
  • Received Date : 2024-08-26
  • Revised Date : 2024-09-29
  • Accepted Date : 2024-09-30
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7732/kjpr.2025.38.1.039
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