Changes in Riparian Vegetation After Restoration in a Urban Stream, Yangjae Stream

Changes in Riparian Vegetation After Restoration in a Urban Stream, Yangjae Stream

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Abstract

서울 남동부에 위치한 도시하천인 양재천의 복원구간에서 7년간 식물상과 식생 분포 및 구조의 변화를 모니터링하였다. 1998년 가을부터 1999년 봄까지 복원구간에서 다양한 친자연 하천복원기법이 채택되어 시공되었다. 복원시공 7년후에 복원구간의 식물종수와 다양도지수는 비복원구간보다 높았다. 그러나 1999-2001년 사이의 복원후 초기단계로부터 복원후 7년까지는 다양도지수는 감소하였다. 우점종은 황무지식물인 환삼덩굴로부터 다년생인 갈대로 변화하였다. 복원공사에 의하여 새로 형성된 교란지에 식재되거나 도입된 종과 외래 혹은 황무지 식물이 복원공사 후 감소됨에 따라서 주요인분석의 결과에서 복원후 초기와 7년후 식물상 구조가 뚜렷이 구분되었다. 복원 시공 후에 시간이 경과함에 따라서 환삼덩굴과 망초 군집의 분포면적은 감소하였고 갈대와 물억새 군집의 면적이 증가하였다. 식물 군집의 DCA(detrended correspondence analysis) 결과에서 복원공사후 교란된 식생에서 안정된 자연식생으로 변화하였다. 복원구간에서 총 7종의 버드나무가 발견되었는데, 이중 2종은 식재된 것이고 나머지는 자연적으로 유입된 것이었다. 모니터링 결과로부터 양재천 복원구간에서 식물상과 식생구조는 성공적으로 회복이 되었으며 이 구간이 도시하천에서 하천복원의 모델 장소가 될 수 있다고 판단되었다.

English Abstract

The changes in flora and distribution and structure of vegetation were monitored for seven years at a restored reach of an urban stream, the Yangjae Stream, southeast of Seoul, Korea. In the restored reach, diverse kinds of the close-to-nature stream restoration techniques were adapted and implemented in the winter of 1998-1999. The species numbers and diversity indices of riparian plants at the restored reach were higher than those at the unrestored reach seven years after the restoration implementation. But plant diversity was decreased from the early restoration stage of 1999 – 2001 to seven years after the implementation. The dominant species changed from a ruderal annual, Humulus japonicus, to a perennial, Phragmites australis. The floral structure was distinctly different between in the early stage and seven years later on the results of principal component analysis (PCA) because of decreasing in numbers of exotic or ruderal species and planted or introduced plants in newly disturbed habitats. The distribution areas of communities of Humulus japonicus and Erigeron annuus were decreased and those of communities Phragmites australis and Miscanthus sacchariflorus were increased after the restoration implementation. The results of detrended correspondence analysis (DCA) of plant communities revealed that the community structure were changed from the disturbed vegetations to the stable and natural vegetation after the restoration implementation. Total seven species of willows were found at the restored reach, of which two species were planted and the others were naturally introduced. The monitoring results showed that the stream ecosystem of the study reach were successfully recovered in flora and vegetation and could be used as a model site for the stream restoration in urban streams.

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Article Information

Title (non-english): 도시 하천 양재천에서 복원후 하안식생의 변화
Country: Republic of Korea
Language: Korean
Year: 2008
Study Design: After
Authors: Hyung-jin Cho//Hyoseop Woo//Jinwon Lee//Kang-hyun Cho
Journal: Journal of Wetlands Researh
Volume: 10
Issue: 3
Pages: 111-124
City/state or province/country: Seocho-gu/Seoul