본 연구는 단기소득임산물 중 산림임업통계자료에 의한 생산량과 수요가 증가하고 있는 추세인 약용수 (꾸지뽕나무, 마가목, 헛개나무) 자생지를 대상으로 식물사회학적 방법에 의해 군락을 구분하여 식생 구조를 파악하고 Ordination CCA에 의한 군락구조와 환경요인의 상관관계를 분석하여 산채류 재배지 환경조성에 필요한 생태학적 기초자료를 제공하기 위하여 2021∼ 2022년에 수행되었다. 우리나라 꾸지뽕나무 자생지는 주로 남부지역에 분포하고 5개 지역, 11개 조사구를 대상으로 조사하였고, 마가목 자생지는 주로 고산지역에 분포하고 3개 지역, 8개 조사구를 대상으로 조사하였으며, 헛개나무 자생지는 중부 계곡부에 분포하고 5개 지역, 17개 조사구를 대상으로 조사하였다. 각 분류군의 중요치를 살펴보면, 꾸지뽕나무군락에서 나타난 중요치는 꾸지뽕나무가 61.10으로 가장 높았고 다음으로 팽나무, 곰솔, 새덕이, 때죽나무, 소사나무, 졸참나무, 상수리나무 등의 순으로 나타났고, 마가목군락에서는 신갈나무가 57.21로 가장 높았고 다음으로 마가목 42.58, 사스래나무, 피나무, 당단풍나무, 시닥나무, 층층나무, 함박꽃나무, 주목 등의 순으로 나타났으며, 헛개나무군락에서는 헛개나무가 64.58로 가장 높았고 다음으로 느티나무, 층층나무, 고로쇠나무, 졸참나무, 까치박달, 가래나무 등의 순으로 나타났다. 중요치가 높은 주요 분류군에 대한 흉고직경급을 분석한 결과 꾸지뽕나무군락에서는 꾸지뽕나무, 팽나무, 새덕이 및 소사나무는 어린 개체의 밀도를 높게 나타내고 있어 당분간은 이들 수종의 우점 상태가 계속 증가 될 것으로 보인다. 마가목군락에서 마가목은 역 J자형을 하고 있어 우점 상태가 계속 증가할 것으로 보이며, 신갈나무, 사스래나무 및 피나무는 정규분포형의 밀도를 나타내고 있어 당분간은 이들 수종의 우점 상태가 계속될 것으로 판단된다. 헛개나무군락에서는 까치박달과 가래나무는 역 J자형을 하고 있어 우점 상태가 계속 증가할 것으로 보이며, 헛개나무, 느티나무, 층층나무 및 고로쇠나무는 각 층에서 전체적으로 개체의 밀도가 높아 계속적으로 높은 우점도를 유지할 것으로 예상된다. TWINSPAN에 의해 분류된 3분류군의 30개 군락과 11개의 환경 요인으로 CCA ordination 결과, 해발고가 가장 높은 상관관계를 보였고, 꾸지뽕나무군락은 pH, C.E.C, Ca2+ 및 Mg2+ 는 가장 높고, 해발고는 낮고 남동사면과 남서사면의 경사는 완만하였으며, P2O5는 높은 지역과 낮은 지역에 골고루 분포하였다. 마가목군락은 해발고는 높고, 북사면의 경사는 다소 급하고, O.M과 T-N은 가장 많으나, 그 외 양료들은 적으며, pH는 낮게 나타났다. 헛개나무군락은 북동사면과 북서사면에서 해발고와 경사는 중간 지역이고, P2O5는 높게 나타났다.

Maesopsis eminii, known as ‘umbrella tree’ in English, occurs naturally between 6oS and 8oN in tropical Africa. It is a species of moist forests and an early succession species, adapt at colonizing grasslands and disturbed areas in the high forest. It is widely distributed in forest re-growth and remarkably long lived for a pioneer species, attaining over 150 years. M. eminii was introduced into Java, Indonesia in the 1920s and has been widely cultivated in Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan for timber plantations due to its timber value, fast growing and leave usage for fodder. Annual wood production potential is 30 m3/ha in Africa and 40 m3/ha in Indonesia. The final rotations for timber production are 20-30 years in Africa and 10-20 years in Indonesia, and rotations for fuel wood, poles and pulp production are about 8 years. Genetic resources (plus trees) of M. eminii growing in several populations from west Java were collected, and a progeny test of the 100 open-pollinated families was established in west Java, Indonesia. Early results from a field test of M. eminii are reported from the progeny test trial. Seedling height and diameter at root collar (DRC) were measured at 0, 10 and 15 months of ages. Age 0 means the measurement just before the planting. The averages of seedling height and DRC at age 15 months were 134.4 cm and 1.86 cm. Family survival rates were, on average, 65.6% and 62.8% at age 10 and 15 months, respectively. Family genetic variance and replication variance at age 15 months were higher than those at age 10 months. Seedling height was positively correlated with DRC growth and statistically significant at the same ages. The coefficients of genetic variation for seedling height and DRC were ranged from 0.01 to 12.69 and from 1.97 to 13.70. Heritability estimates obtained were 0.44, 0.04, 0.01, and 0.31, 0.01 and 0.02 for seedling height and DRC at age 0, 10 and 15 months, respectively. Family averages of the 10 best and the 10 poorest families for each trait indicated that there were large differences of seedling height and DRC growth among families and between ages. Genetic gain for DRC was expected to be substantial and higher than that for seedling height growth at age 15 months. Those results suggested that growth improvement through the superior family selection of M. eminii could be possible.

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.