Among 3,358 islands in Korea, about eighty five percentage of them are uninhabited islands. Concerning this, Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (MLTM) has been seeking to settle the fundamental policy on the preservation, the utilization, and the development of the uninhabited islands and to search the proper types of management suitable for the specialities by inhabited islands. As part of such research, we participated the humanities and social science research from May 2012 to January 2013 by MLTM intended for 171 uninhabited islands in Mokpo City, Yeosu City, Jindo-Gun, and Shinan-Gun of Jeollanam-Do for the purpose of the effective management and utilization of the uninhabited islands. First of all, in this treatise, we report the results of the humanities and sociological research about nine uninhabited islands nearby Gakyeo island in Shinan-Gun of Jeollanam-Do.

가거도는 전남 신안군 흑산면에 속하는 한국의 최서남단에 위치한 섬이다. 가거도의 관속식물은 93과 246속 289종 7아종 36변종 9품종으로 총 341분류군으로 조사되었다. 열매가 노란색인 참식나무의 새로운 품종이 발견되어 노랑참식나무 Neolitsea sericea (Bl.) Koidz. for. koreana M. Kim 라고 명명하였다. 가거도의 특산식물은 흑산도비비추, 처진물봉선, 새끼노루귀, 개족도리풀 등 8종이 발견되었으며, 희귀 및 멸종위기식물은 박달목서와 으름난초 등 3종이 발견되었다. 식물지리학적으로 흥미있는 종은 푸른가막살, 가거꼬리고사리, 가거애기닥나무 등 9종이다. 귀화식물은 11종이며 귀화율은 3.2%이다.

전라남도 신안군 가거도(북위 34˚02'~34˚05', 동경 125˚05'~125˚08')에 자생하는 식물상을 밝히고 주요 식물들의 분포를 파악하였다. 2010년 4월부터 2011년 10월까지 총 23회에 걸쳐 현지조사를 실시한 결과 조사지역의 관속식물은 98과 258속 348종 3아종 31변종 4품종의 총 385분류군으로 정리되었다. 이중 기존의 조사에서는 발견되지 않았으나 본 조사에서 최초로 밝혀진 분류군은 50분류군이었다. 가거도에 자생하는 식물들 중에는 한국 특산식물 7분류군, 산림청 지정 희귀식물 8분류군, 식물구계학적 특정식물 중 III등급 이상에 해당하는 30분류군 등이 생육하고 있었다. 귀화식물은 28분류군이 조사되었다.

This study aims at classifying and interpreting on the vegetation structure, the correlation between a vegetation and an environment, a species diversity and a life-form of Evergreen Broad-Leaved Forest(EBLF) located in Gageo-do Island. It is also the objective that the estimation of vegetation change founded on the species composition and characteristics. The vegetation of EBLF was classified into three forests or four community units as Machilus thunbergii forest (Polystichum polyblepharon-M. thunbergii community and Phaenosperma globosum-M. thunbergii community), Ilex integra-Castanopsis sieboldii community, Quercus acuta community and Neolitsea sericea stand. The ordination analysis by DCA is analogous with the vegetation structure analysis. As a result of the correlation (Pearson's correlation coefficient) with environmental conditions, the Altitude has the significance with the distribution of communities. The total vegetation change by progress of succession will not be wandered away from the present vegetation structure practically, and the vegetation on the underlayers will be a little changed.

This study was carried out to investigate the flora of Is. Gageo (Jeollanam-do). The vascular plants were collected 13 times (from June 2008 to September 2011), and 465 taxa in total were identified, including 112 families, 301 genera, 402 species, 3 subspecies, 49 varieties, 9 forms and 2 hybrids. 171 taxa were first records for the region. Among them were seven taxa of Korean endemic plants and the Ministry of Environment-designated plants, which should be protected by the wildlife protection law, were identified as three taxa. There were 54 taxa of the flora with the levels Ⅲ,Ⅳ,Ⅴ in the floristic indicator plants which was designated by Ministry of Environment. The naturalized plants were identified as 29 taxa, and their naturalization ratio and urban index were found to be 6.2% and 9.0% respectively. There existed many kinds of plants resources having conservational value like Loxogramme salicifolia, Sarcandra glabra, Osmanthus insularis, Saussurea polylepis, Carex ligulata var. austrokoreensis, Hosta jonesii, Cyrtosia septentrionalis, etc., in this area. As therefore clear that appropriate plans to conserve the natural habitat of Is. Gageo must be made immediately.