This study surveyed the distribution and characteristics of epiphytes and host trees in Jejudo’s warm-temperate evergreen forests area. The gathered data will be used for evaluating ecological changes according to climate change. The study found 46 species of epiphytes in Jejudo; 12 of which were species of pteridophytes and 5 species of orchids, totaling 17 species of epiphytes. The appearance frequency was the greatest with Lepisorus thunbergianus, followed by Lemmaphyllum microphyllum and Lepisorus onoei. The area with the greatest diversity of epiphytes was nutmeg tree forests which have the largest number of 2.89 average species. Lemmaphyllum microphyllum had the greatest percent cover of the epiphytes whose importance was found to be the greatest. The factors involved were the epiphytes' diversity index (0.64), maximum species diversity (1.23), evenness (0.52), and dominance (0.48). The study has noted the distribution characteristics of epiphytes according to altitudes above sea level. The Lemmaphyllum microphyllum can survive at an altitude of 600 m above sea level, Lepisorus thunbergianus at 200–1,400m above sea level, Lepisorus onoei. at 400–1,000 m, and Gonocormus minutus at an altitude above 800 m. The host trees, consisting of Quercus serrata, Castanopsis cuspidata var. sieboldii, and Carpinus laxiflora, stands at 2–19 m high and 2.5–120 ㎝ wide, showing diverse kinds of trees and sizes. Jejudo’s warm-temperate evergreen forests have lower epiphyte diversity compared with those of subtropical and tropical areas in Japan and China. Based on the characteristics of the host trees order, epiphytes' distribution associated with the altitude above sea level was typical.
The cutting propagation of Illicium religiosum Sieb. et Zucc was effective such as hardwood cutting was done in May and softwood cutting was done on in July. The optimal soil composition for rooting was 1:1:1(vermiculite, peatmoss and perlite). The result was that the softwood cuttings done in July took roots in every bed; especially, cuttings in the bed processed with 1,000 mg/L IBA showed the best result: 90% of rooting rate, 13.5 in number of rooting, and about 8cm of root length. Hardwood cutting done in May showed that the bed processed with 1,000 mg/L IBA resulted in 90% of rooting rate; the bed processed with 1,000 mg/L IBA + 1,000 mg/L NAA showed 80% of rooting rate; the number of main roots and the length of roots were also satisfying. For the cuttings of I. religiosum "Variegata" Sieb. et Zucc, the result was less satisfying than that of I. religiosum Sieb. et Zucc, but it was proved that even the cuttings of “Variegata” took roots in the bed processed with 100 mg/L IBA and 1,000 mg/L/ IBA.
Lord's Holly tree(Ilex rotunda) has shown different rooting rates depending on the time and conditions of cutting. The best result, 100 percent of rooting, could be accomplished in early November when cuttings were done on the mixture-soil containing the same rates by volume of vermiculite, peatmoss and perlite with cuts processed with IBA 1,000 mg/l + NAA 1.000 mg/l under the circumstances that 70% of shade, plastic mulching, and mist were conditioned. Even though cuttings processed with plant growth regulator, IBA 1,000 mg/l, showed a little bit lower rate of rooting than those processed with IBA 1,000 mg/l + NAA 1,000 mg/l, it should be considered that the former was better than the latter regarding the number of roots and root length. However it should be further studied about how to utilize re-juvenile cutting of adult trees to propagate in a large quantity female Ilex rotunda which propagates in dioecism.
We found that successful propagation method for inducing Chloranthus glaber's early fruition depends upon environment of cutting bed, preparation method of cut, and timely transplantation of rooting cut. The environment of cutting bed was effective when we made its depth 40cm, which is much deeper than that of general cutting bed. As for preparation method of cut, we did use about 15cm-long tip cut in around early or middle of May. Proper transplantation time of rooting cut was around 150 days after cutting because we induced 100%-rooting ratio as a result of transplanting in around October after spending the summer in cutting bed. To concrete, if we made up 15cm- high Chloranthus glaber's tip cut, treated it with 1,000 mg/l IBA, plant growth regulators, and cut it in 40cm-wide pot which is compounded with vermiculite, peatmoss, and perlite in around early or middle of May, then we had it born fruits in autumn of the same year. Therefore, these researchers secured technique for annual inflorescence of Chloranthus glaber's tip cut seedling; otherwise, it would take more 5 or 6 years to bear fruit through general propagation method.
We introduce a simplified crossing wood drain disperses rain water concentration and is used to protect the road surface from erosion due to flooding over the unpaved road. The efficiency of a simplified crossing wood drain was also investigated. A structure of simplified crossing wood drain can be produced within 10 minutes and installed within 18 minutes. The cost of the this product is 1/5 of that of the existing crossing drain product. The production and installation cost can be reduced according to dexterity. In the context of such applications, the degrees of damage for a rubber pad, which preventing the rain overflow, were varied according to their materials. A type of 8.2㎜ thick fabric rubber was the most suitable in this study.