본 연구는 국내 굴거리나무 자생지의 식생특성을 파악하기 위하여, 굴거리나무 자생지 7곳을 대상으로 21개 조사구(100㎡)를 설치하여 식생조사 및 자생지 토양환경을 조사하였다. 굴거리나무 자생지의 식생을 분석한 결과 굴거리나무-서어나무군락, 새덕이나무-굴거리나무, 개서어나무, 굴거리나무-소나무, 굴거리나무-황칠나무, 곰솔, 새덕이나무, 서어나무군락 등 총 8개의 군락으로 나누어졌다. 식생분석결과 굴거리나무가 대부분 중층, 하층을 차지하고 있었으며, 굴거리나무와 단풍나무; 서어나무가 강한 정의 상관관계가 인정되었다. 조사된 군락의 종 다양성지수는 0.7308-0.9849로 나타났다. 토양pH는 3.7-5.0, 유기물함량은 3.7%-14.7%, 치환성 양이온의 경우 울릉도가 다른 조사지역에 비해 비교적 높게 나타났다.

The genetic relationships among five genera, seven species of Theaceae were examined through a random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis and internal transcribed spacer (ITS). In RAPD analysis, five of 15 arbitrary primers showed polymorphic bands, which were able to classify different genera and species of Theaceae. The genetic variations of Theaceae were from 0.031 to 0.484. In ITS analysis, the ITS sequences were analyzed using BLAST and showed high identities with sequences of Theaceae, seven species published in NCBI GenBank database, which ranged from 98 to 100%. Sequence alignment of seven species showed 34.9% identities for ITS 1 region and 43.7% for ITS 2 region. Pairwise sequence divergences among seven species ranged from 0 to 0.330%. In phylogenetic tree, they were divided into three groups. In conclusion, the molecular data generated in the present investigation will help to understand the genetic relationships of Theaceae and also might be useful for further studies in intra-species, inter-species, and molecular evolution researches.