This study aims to search for the change characteristics of landscape plant materials in the apartment complex and other areas by classification and species of trees in the early 2000s and the early 2010s. The main result of this study may be summarized as follows. Comparing the classification change of apartment complex and other areas in the 2000s and the 2010s, the percentage of shrubs in both of the areas are increasing, while the rate of increase in the apartment complexes was slightly higher than other areas. Among the increased shrubs, deciduous shrubs in apartment complex increased by 4.98%, while evergreen shrubs showed rather noticeable increase rate by 10.75% in other areas. After examining the change of tree species within the two periods, evergreen trees in the apartment complex are still mainly consisted of Thuja orientalis L. category, Pinus category and Pinus strobus L. Most commonly used deciduous trees are Acer category and Fruit trees. Most commonly used evergreen shrubs are Buxus koreana and Rhododendron indicum (L.) Sweet. Most constantly used deciduous shrubs are Rhododendron schlippenbachii category. In other areas, Pinus category and Pinus koraiensis SIEB. et ZUCC. category are frequently used. In deciduous trees, Chionanthus retusus Lindl. & Paxton, Acer palmatum Thunb and Zelkova serrata (Thunb.) Makino are commonly used, in order of frequency. 67.62% of evergreen shrubs are still consisted of Buxus koreana and Rhododendron indicum (L.) Sweet, although many new species are emerging. In deciduous shrubs, Rhododendron schlippenbachii category and Spiraea category are consistently most commonly used. In the two areas, the number of tree species with high defect rate, standardized forms, and high-maintenance decreased, while semievergreen tree species such as Abelia grandiflora (Rovelli ex Andre) Rehder and Nandina domestica Thunb. are being newly introduced. The species of trees are being diversified.

• 정재만(청주대학교 환경조경학과, Department of Environmental Landscape Architecture, Cheongju University) | Jae Man Jeong Corresponding author