남해 강진만의 식물상과 귀화식물 분포

This study was conducted to quantitatively investigate the distribution of vascular plants growing at the Gangjin Bay, Namhae-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, and to use it as basic data for eco-friendly management and conservation of the Gangin Bay ecosystem in the future. Vascular plants of this area consist of total of 612taxa, including 115families, 359genera, 545species, 3sub-species, 54varieties, and 10forms. Asteraceae was the most abundant as 74species (12.09%), followed by Gramineae as 59species (9.64%), Leguminosae as 33species (5.39%), Rosaceae as 32species (5.23%), and Cyperaceae as 20species (3.27%). A total of 13taxa of rare plants such as Crypsinus hastatus, Aristolochia contorta, and Lithospermum arvense etc. were investigated. The floristic special plants were investigated to be 35taxa including 26families, 34genus, 34species, and 1varieties. A total of 8taxa of Korea endemic plants were investigated. Naturalized plant species were 69taxa of 20families, 55genus, 68species, and 1varieties in the Gangjin Bay. The naturalized index and the urbanization index were 11.3% and 21.5%, respectively.