The purpose of this study was to provide basic data of the growth characteristics of the landscape trees for better landscape planting design, construction and maintenance through the prediction of landscape change as time passes by the analysis of survival rate, distribution patterns & increment percent of tree height, width, stem diameter (breast or surface) of widely used six tree species in Seongnam-si Eunhang-jugong apartment housing areas (8 years have passed after landscape planting work). The main results can be summarized as follows:
The tree survival rate of Pinus parviflora was the highest rate 89.2% than any other species, but Acer buergerianum showed the lowest survival rate as that of it 35.0%, & that of Picea abies 70.5 %, Metasequoia glyptostroboides 71.6%, Magnolia denudata 38.9%, Acer palmatum was 71.7%. As a whole, the tree survival rate of coniferous trees were relatively high.
The tree height increment percent of the deciduous species were relatively high. And that of Metasequoia glyptostroboides was the highest rate 11.61 % than any other species, but that of Magnolia denudata was the lowest rate 5.59% than any other species. According to this results, the increment percent of trees in this apartment areas were comparatively lower than that of each related species planted in nursery area. And this results would be considered when landscape experts do landscape planting design, construction & maintenance.
The distribution patterns of present tree size showed a Normal Distribution like any other biological features.

• 尹根榮(신구전문대학 조경과) | Keun-Young YOON
• 安建鏞(서울대학교 농업생명과학대학 조경학과) | Kun-Yong AHN