만경강 하구역 염습지에서 조사된 관속식물은 10과 25속 29종 3변종으로 총32종류(taxa)가 조사되었으며, 귀화식물은 5과 6속 6종 1변종 총7종류(taxa)이 조사되었다. 식물의 생활형에서 휴면형은 반지중식물(H)이 10종, 31.3%로서 1년생식물의 10종과 동일하게 분포하고 있으며 번식형에서는 중력산포형이 23종으로 71.9%로 나타났다. 생육형을 보면 직립형이 9종, 총생형이 9종, 후직립형이 5종으로 조사되었다. 식생의 특징은 조간대가 넓게 펼쳐져 있어서 조수의 영향을 강하게 받고 있다. 식생의 구성종으로는 칠면초가 가장 높은 우점도를 보이고 있으며, 갯개미취, 모새달, 갈대, 비쑥, 천일사초 등이 주로 나타난다. 표조작법에 따라 식물군락을 분류한 결과 칠면초 군락, 갯개미취-비쑥 군락, 해홍나물 군락, 해홍나물-칠면초 군락, 천일사초 군락, 갈대 군락, 털물참새피 군락, 갯개미취 군락, 칠면초-갯개미취 군락, 갯개미취-칠면초 군락, 모새달 군락의 11개 군락으로 구분되어졌으며, 염습지내 식생의 분포는 저위염습지와 고위염습지의 지형적 차이에 큰 영향을 받고 있는 것으로 보인다. 칠면초 군락은 우리나라 서남해안 갯벌 염습지의 우점종으로서 본 조사지역내 저위염습지에서는 순군락을 이루고 있다. 염습지의 수로, 습지, 해안하구 주변에서는 주로 갈대가 군락을 이루고 있으며, 기수지 역, 염습지내 토사가 퇴적된 곳 등에서는 천일사초가 집중반상으로 군락을 이루고 있다.

A study on vegetation in the Mangyeong River and Dongjin River basins and the surrounding regions of the Saemangeum Reclaimed Land was conducted in a series of efforts to determine the expected ecological changes in the salt marshes, to restore their vegetation, to explore the restoring force of halophyte, to examine the community mechanism and, ultimately, to rehabilitate marshy land vegetation along the lakeside, coastal dune and salt marshes of the Saemangeum Project Area. The findings of the study may be summed up as follows: Five species such as Suaeda japonica, Salicornia herbacea, Atriplex gmelini, Aster tripolium and Suaeda asparagoides that are mostly distributed in the estuary of the Saemangeum Reclaimed Land were analyzed to examine the mechanism of halophyte to maintain their community. To find out the strategies of plants for survival and the cause of forming community structure, a research was made as for appearance ratio of biomass, root lengths and germination. With regard to biomasses of halophyte, the biomass of Suaeda japonica increases rapidly, while Salicornia herbacea adopts a strategy of unstable growth pattern by which the biomass increases slowly in parallel with its slow speed of growth since initial appearance of young sapling. In contrast, Suaeda asparagoides, Atriplex gmelini and Aster tripolium choose to adapt themselves to environment promptly by being transformed into life form of annual or biennial plant, a pattern that is presumed to be favorable and stable for survival in the later stage of growth. In short, there is a sharp distinction among the 5 species: i.e. Suaeda japonica that begins to grow fast in the length of surface and underground section but slows down from the mid-stage on; Salicornia herbacea that grows slowly in the beginning step but starts to step up from the middle onward; Atriplex gmelini and Aster tripolium growing slowly in the initial stage but fast later on; and Suaeda asparagoides that turns from the constant growth in the beginning to rapid growth in the later period. The outcomes of the analysis into status of growth and influencing factors of Suaeda japonica in the sowing field that is most widely prevalent in the Saemangeum Reclaimed Land as a sort of ecological pioneer in the salt marshes showed that the average size of grass lands, density and number of individuals increase in the natural sowing field as well as in the plowing field regardless of their physical as well as physico-chemical features of the soil as the season progresses from June to October of a year.

A study on vegetation in the Mangyeong River and Dongjin River basins and the surrounding regions of the Saemangeum Reclaimed Land was conducted in a series of efforts to determine the expected ecological changes in the salt marshes, to restore their vegetation, to explore the restoring force of halophyte, to examine the community mechanism and, ultimately, to rehabilitate marshy land vegetation along the lakeside, coastal dune and salt marshes of the Saemangeum Project Area. The findings of the study may be summed up as follows: Five species such as Suaeda japonica, Salicornia herbacea, Atriplex gmelini, Aster tripolium and Suaeda asparagoides that are mostly distributed in the estuary of the Saemangeum Reclaimed Land were analyzed to examine the mechanism of halophyte to maintain their community. To find out the strategies of plants for survival and the cause of forming community structure, a research was made as for appearance ratio of young sapling. From the results of laboratory analysis into dynamics of the saplings of halophyte, it was revealed that the germination ratio of the dry area and submerged area decreases in the order of Suaeda asparagoides, Suaeda japonica, Salicornia herbacea, Atriplex gmelini and Aster tripolium.

The purpose of this study was to research about salt marsh flora and vegetation in the Dongjin-river estuary area where has a project for Sea Man Geum Reclaimed Land so that we can foster foundation on restoration of an ecological habitat, development of applicable plant and establishment of a conservation policy after deceloping the reclaimed land for salt marsh vegetation which has great value ecologically. In conclusion, we was distributed that there are 7 families 21 genera, 25 species, 2 varieties of vascular plant at the Dongjin-river estuary area which have 27 taxa in total and are 0.64% among 4,191 of korean vascular plant. There are also 2 family, 2 genus, 2 species of a naturalized plant which are 1.1% of indicator of a naturalized plant salt marsh vegetation of the downstream are very much affected by the time of inundation, tidal water so that a low degree of salt marsh has frequent flooding by sea water and has a pure group of Suaeda japonica. A Phragmites communis, Carex scabrifolia are distributed mainly around a waterway of salt marsh and Zoysia sinica, Atriplex subcordata, Phragmites communis are living in stock as forming into patch around medium salt marsh. Suaeda asparagoides, Phacelurus latifolius are living around a little high ground and a Phragmites communis is a behind vegetation of Phacelurus latifolius and a part of the Phragmites communis are living along with waterway in a salt marsh as a community. By the Z-M method twelve plant communities were recognized ; Suaeda japonica, Carex scabrifolia, Zoysia sinica, Artemisia scoparia, Phacelurus latifolius, Phragmites communis, Suaeda maritima, Suaeda japonica-Atriplex gmelini, Phragmites communis-Suaeda japonica, Suaeda japonica-Salicornia herbacea, Salicornia herbacea-Suaeda asparagoides and Scirpus planiculmis community. The actual vegetation map was constructed on the grounds of the communities classified and other data.