덕유산에 분포하는 침광혼효림의 임상선태류군락을 식물사회학적 관점에서 연구하였다. 그 결과 고등식물군락의 조성에 대응하여 조릿대-구상나무/아기호랑꼬리이끼-여우꼬리이끼군락을 식별하였다 이 군락은 지리산에 분포하는 조릿대-구상나무/비꼬리이끼-수저잎산주목이끼군락의 동위군락으로 해석되었으나 군락 사이에 임상선태류군락의 조성은 다소 다르게 나타났다. 식물사회학적으로 조릿대-구상나무/아기호랑꼬리이끼-여우꼬리이끼군락은 쇠물푸레-구상나무군집에 속하는 하나의 분층군락으로 확인되었다 지금까지 많은 연구자가 지리산지와 덕유산에 분포하는 침엽수림을 아한대(=아고산대)의 식생으로 취급하였다. 그렇지만, 현 연구결과는 식물사회학적 입장에서 덕유산의 침광혼효림이 냉온대 낙엽수림대의 식생임을 명백히 나타내었다. 덕유산 침광혼효림의 임상선태류의 종다양성은 지리산의 침광혼효림의 것과 대개 비슷한 수준이었다. 덕유산 침광혼효림의 임상선태류 분류군은 19과, 25속, 38종으로 구성되었다.

The bryophyte communities on the forest floor of the mixed coniferous and deciduous broad-leaved forest of cool temperate zone on Deongnyusan(1,616m) south-eastern part of the Korean Penninsula were investigated from the phytosociological viewpoint. As a result, a bryophyte community was recognized, considering the phytosociological unit of the forest: Sasamorpha borealis-Abies koreana / Hylocomiopsis ovicarpa-Thamnoblyum alopecurum community. This community was interpreted as a counterpart one of the Sasamorpha borealis-Abies koreana / Dicranum scoparium-Plagiothecium silvaticum community in the Jiri Mountains, but between the two communities, the species composition was somewhat different. The bryophyte community on the forest floor on Deongnyusan was confirmed as a synusie belonging to the Fraxino-Abietetum koreanae Song 1988. Up to date many investigators have described the coniferous forest distributed above 1,400m on Deongnysan as the forest vegetation of subarctic(=subalpine) zone. However, from the results of the present study, the forest vegetation, a mixed forest, was elucidated to be one of cool temperate zone. Species diversity of the terri-colous bryophyte community on Deongnyusan was very close to that of the communities of the similar type in the Jiri Mountains. The taxa of the bryophyte community was composed of 19 families,25 genera and 38 species.

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