The floristic characteristics and ecological conservation measures for the plant resources of the Mt. KumJung(801m), Pusan, Korea were discussed. The field works was done for about twenty times in nine major areas from March, 1995 to Octover, 1996. The total number of vascular plants in this area were summarized as 103 families, 312 genera, 493 species and 564 kinds. The fourteen kinds of artificially planted, ten kinds of Korean endemics and twenty-nine kinds of Korean rare and endangered species in the area were revised and compiled in the list. The flora of the area were categorized into the South-coast part of the Korean Region, where the species such as Platycarya strobilacea, Quercus serrata, Eutya Japonica, Camellia japonica, Trachelospermum asiaticum var. intermedium, Quercus acutissima were roled as major floristic components in the Korean Region and endemized in the south-cosat part of Korea. The natural communities such as Pinus thunbergii Community, Quercus mongolica community, Carpinus laxiilora Community, Wistaria floribunda Community and swamp vegetation in Bukmun area as well as upland grassland at the summit of Kodangpong were represented for their floristic values in the area. The thirty kinds of medichinal plant, fifteen kinds of ornamental plants and thirteen kinds of edible plants are faced potentially in endangered from the outrageous collections by the local peoples. The action plan for the conservation management of the area which enables sustainable use by the local peoples must have established in the near feature.

The flora of Mt. KumJung(801m) was investigated to compare the flora of Mt. Hwang-Ryung, Mt. Cheon-Hwang, Mt. Chuiseo. The vascular plants, collected from March 1995 to Oct., 1996, were consisted of a total 564 taxa; 103 families, 312 genera, 493 species, 1 subspecies, 66 varieties and 4 forms. The Korean endemic plants of this area were 11 taxa, the alpian and endangered plants were 29 taxa, the special wild plants designating by Environmental Agency were 2 taxa and the alpian plants were 18 taxa. Because many plants, being necessary to conserve, are distributed KumJung, but if development is indespensable, destruction of natural ecosystem must be minimized.

This study was carried out to find the relationships between species pairs in the vegetation of eastern valley vegetation in Mt. KumJung from September 20, 1991 to October 15, 1992. Eight sites were selected, each being divided into 5 quadrats, and thus 40 quadrats were in total. To know the correlation among plant species the x^2 values were calculated by using the method of Yates, and the results were analyzed by cluster analysis according to Sneath and Sokal, and the following conclusions were obtained. The species examined can be subdivided into five groups according to the relationships. However, the relationships are not correlated with pH, water-content, maximum water holding capacity and mineral content of soil probably due to the environmental discontinuity.