Received: December 2, 2011 Revised: December 13, 2011 Accepted: December 14, 2011
Abstract
This study was carried out to investigate the flora of the southeastern areas, including Donghae-si and Samcheok-si, of Gangwon-do. Vascular plants based on voucher specimens were summarized as 750 taxa, including 109 families, 394 genera, 642 species, 5 subspecies, 90 varieties, and 13 forms. Among the investigated 750 taxa, 17 Korean endemic, 38 rare plants and 147 specially designated plants by the Ministry of the Environment were also included. The naturalized plants were 28 taxa, and the percent of naturalized plant species was estimated as 3.7%. The life form of the investigated taxa was the H-R5-D4-e type. The usefulness of the plants of the 750 taxa listed consists of 284 taxa (37.9%) of edible plants, 232 taxa (30.9%) of medicinal plants, 124 taxa (16.5%) of pasture plants, 88 taxa (11.7%) of ornamental plants, 21 taxa (2.8%) of timber plants, 20 taxa (2.7%) of fiber plants, 7 taxa (0.9%) of miscellaneous plants and 3 taxa (0.4%) of industrial plants.
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