This study aims to understand the their characteristics and analyze the diverse landscape plants distributed in the traditional temples. We surveyed the landscape plants that the planting species around building and terraced flower bed, excluded the spontaneous species. The contents of analysis were form, leaf fall and type, exotic species and the Buddhist symbol plant. Mostly, the families of landscape plants that rosaceae, compositae and liliaceae were much used. The rosaceae were used in landscape planting, and compositae and liliaceae were used in terraced flower bed and flower garden. Especially, a single planting, a linear planting and symmetrical planting most occupied in the planting types. This reason seemed the object and function of religion. There were lots of trees and shrubs in the form, and they were main material for formation of landscape and frame. Therefore, the temple landscape was composed of landscape plants and planting types and fell into chime with these components. The deciduous broad leaved was many in the leaf fall and type. The aesthetic value is a deciduous broad leaved directed by the external features of nutrition and reproductive organs with plants and flowers, recording, leaves, fruits, and non-seasonal forms along with the variety of landscapes inspectors by providing visual variety, because expression. Exotic species were introduced intentionally, unintentionally for a variety of purposes in a foreign species, naturalized plants invasive species was the wild country to adapt to the environment. Exotic materials will have to be rejected unconditionally, but indiscriminate use of space in a traditional review of the planting material is necessary because of the high potential to inhibit and distort the traditional landscape. Buddhist symbol plant is a very important feature as plants that have the least Buddhist doctrine and has a meaning and a symbol representing the Buddhist, the inspectors can show the difference with other scenic areas.

ABSTRACT
 1. Introduction
 2. Literature Reviews
  2.1 Exotic Species
  2.2 Buddhism Symbolic Plants
 3. Methods
  3.1 Study Target Sites
  3.2 Survey and Analysis Methods
 4. Results and Discussions
  4.1 Status of Planting Species
  4.2 Physiognomy Analysis
  4.3 Status of Leaf Fall and Leaf Shape Analysis
  4.4 Exotic Species
  4.5 Landscape Features Manifested in BuddhismSymbolic Plants
 5. Conclusions
 References

• Kwangpyo Hong(Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Dongguk University)
• Juhan You(Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Dongguk University) Corresponding author
• Yongsoon Jang(Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Graduate School, Dongguk University)