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Characteristics of Herbaceous Vegetation Structure of Barren Land of Southern Limit Line in DeMilitarized Zone

비무장지대 남방한계선 불모지 초본식생구조 특성

  • 유승봉 (국립수목원 DMZ산림생물자원보전과) ;
  • 김상준 (국립수목원 DMZ산림생물자원보전과) ;
  • 김동학 (국립수목원 DMZ산림생물자원보전과) ;
  • 신현탁 (국립수목원 연구기획팀) ;
  • 박기쁨 (국립수목원 DMZ산림생물자원보전과)
  • Received : 2020.12.31
  • Accepted : 2021.03.12
  • Published : 2021.04.28
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Abstract

The demilitarized zone (DMZ) is a border barrier with 248 kilometers in length and about 4 kilometers in width crossing east to west to divide the Korean Peninsula about in half. The boundary at 2 kilometers to the south is called the southern limit line. The DMZ has formed a unique ecosystem through a natural ecological succession after the Armistice Agreement and has high conservation value. However, the use of facilities for the military operation and the unchecked weeding often damage the areas in the vicinities of the southern limit line's iron-railing. This study aimed to prepare basic data for the restoration of damaged barren vegetation. As a result of classifying vegetation communities based on indicator species, 10 communities were identified as follows: Duchesnea indica Community, Hosta longipes Community, Sedum kamtschaticum-Sedum sarmentosum Community, Potentilla anemonefolia Community, Potentilla fragarioides var. major Community, Prunella vulgaris var. lilacina Community, Dendranthema zawadskii var. latilobum-Carex lanceolata Community, Dendranthema zawadskii Community, Plantago asiatica-Trifolium repens Community, and Ixeris stolonifera-Kummerowia striata Community. Highly adaptable species can characterize vegetation in barren areas to environment disturbances because artificial disturbances such as soil erosion, soil compaction, topography change, and forest fires caused by military activities frequently occur in the barren areas within the southern limit line. Most of the dominant species in the communities are composed of plants that are commonly found in the roads, roadsides, bare soil, damaged areas, and grasslands throughout South Korea. Currently, the vegetation in barren areas in the vicinities of the DMZ is in the early ecological succession form that develops from bare soil to herbaceous vegetation. Since dominant species distributed in barren land can grow naturally without special maintenance and management, the data can be useful for future restoration material development or species selection.

비무장지대는 한반도 동-서 248km를 횡단하는 군사분계선을 기준으로 남, 북 각각 2km씩 무장이 금지된 지역이다. 그 중 남쪽으로 2km 떨어진 경계를 남방한계선이라고 한다. 비무장지대는 정전협정 이후 자연천이과정을 거치며 독특한 생태계를 형성한 지역으로 보전가치가 높다. 그러나 남방한계선 철책주변과 일부 지역은 군작전수행을 위한 각종 시설이용과 제초작업으로 인한 훼손이 빈번하게 발생하고 있다. 본 연구는 훼손된 불모지 식생복원을 위한 기초자료 마련을 목적으로 시행되었다. 불모지 식생구조 파악을 위해 지표종을 중심으로 식생군락을 분류한 결과 뱀딸기군락, 비비추군락, 기린초-돌나물군락, 가락지나물군락, 양지꽃군락, 꿀풀군락, 구절초-그늘사초군락, 산구절초군락, 질경이-토끼풀군락, 좀씀바귀-매듭풀군락 등 10개 군락으로 구분되었다. 남방한계선 내 불모지는 군사적 활동으로 인한 토양침식, 지형변화, 산불 등 인위적인 교란이 지속적으로 발생하기 때문에 교란된 환경에 대한 적응성이 높은 종을 중심으로 식생이 발달하는 특성을 나타냈다. 분류된 군락 내 우점종은 대부분 우리나라 전국에 분포하는 종으로 길 또는 길가, 나지, 훼손지, 초지 등 주변에서 흔히 볼 수 있는 식물로 구성되어 있다. 현재 비무장지대 불모지 식생은 나지에서 초본식생으로 발달하는 천이 초기의 형태를 보인다. 불모지 내 분포하는 우점종은 특별한 유지·관리 없이도 자생할 수 있으므로 향후 복원소재 개발에 활용하거나 복원 종 선정 등에 유용하게 사용될 수 있을 것이다

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