Introduction of Alien Plants on the Fill and Cut Slopes of the Road Construction in South Korea

Yeounsu Chu; Seung-nam Jin; Deokjoo Son; Shinyeong Park; Hyungjin Cho; Hyohyemi Lee

doi:10.17820/eri.2019.6.4.191

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Introduction of Alien Plants on the Fill and Cut Slopes of the Road Construction in South Korea 우리나라에서 도로 공사장의 성토사면과 절토사면에서 외래식물의 도입

31 December 2019. pp. 191-199

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Abstract

Road development is considered an important factor in invasion and dispersion of ailen plants by damaging the natural ecosystems and connecting the detached landscapes into long tubular structures. In this study, vegetation survey was carried out according to the topographical characteristics of cut slope, fill slope, and flat land at the construction site in order to understand the effect of road developemt on the change of the floristic composition of ailen plants. Road developement projects caused a lot of changes in annual and biennial alien plants because of continuous disturbances. Changes in species composition of alien plants decreased in the cut slope. On the other hand, the ailen palnts of the fill slope increased. The increase or decrease alien plants on flat land were identified depending on where it occurred, and no major trend was found. The cause of these change was driven by unintentionally introduced alien plants. In particular, the cut slope with a high occurence of unintentional ailen plants should not be used as a source of high-risk alien plants such as ecosystem disturbances. Since the transplanted species were intentionally planted by the landscape plan, it was possible to identify colonies from early stages and spread to the nearby flat land. Therefore, in order to minimize the impact of road slope vegetation on the surrounding ecosystem during and after road construction, it is suggested to plant high viability plants in the landscape design during the environmental impact assessment consultation.

Keywords

Alien plant

Cut slope

Fill slope

Road construction

Slope revegetation

도로 공사는 자연 생태계를 훼손하고, 떨어진 경관들을 긴 통로구조로 연결함으로써 외래식물의 침입 및 확산에 중요한 요인으로 고려된다. 본 연구는 도로 공사가 외래식물 조성 변화에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위하여, 공사가 진행 중인 사업장에서 절토사면, 성토사면 및 평탄지의 지형특성에 따라 외래식물상 조사를 수행하였다. 지속적인 교란이 발생하는 사업으로써 일·이년생 외래식물에서 주로 증감이 발생하였다. 지형특성별 외래식물상 변화는 절토사면에서 감소하는 반면, 성토사면에서 증가하는 것으로 나타났으며, 평탄지는 발생장소에 따라 증감 특성이 달랐다. 이러한 외래식물상 변화의 원인은 비의도적으로 유입된 외래식물에 의해 주도되었다. 특히 성토사면에서 비의도적으로 유입되는 외래식물이 증가하는 것으로 연구되어, 성토사면이 생태계교란식물과 같은 위해성 높은 외래식물의 공급원으로 이용되지 않도록 관리하여야 한다. 반면 의도적으로 도입된 식재종들은 파종 시부터 대량 살포하기 때문에 군집을 형성하기 쉬우며 비식재지인 평탄지까지 확산하는 것을 파악할 수 있었다. 따라서, 도로공사 중이나 공사 후 도로사면 식생이 주변 생태계에 미치는 영향을 최소화되도록, 성토사면 조경계획에 지속성이 높은 고유종 식재를 환경영향평가 협의 시에 제안하는 것이 바람직하다.

키워드

외래식물

절토사면

성토사면

도로개발

사면녹화

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Publisher :Korean Society of Ecology and Infrastructure Engineering
Publisher(Ko) :응용생태공학회
Journal Title :Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
Journal Title(Ko) :응용생태공학회 논문집
Volume : 6
No :4
Pages :191-199
Received Date : 2019-11-01
Revised Date : 2019-11-13
Accepted Date : 2019-11-14
DOI :https://doi.org/10.17820/eri.2019.6.4.191

Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure ISSN:2288-8527(Online) 응용생태공학회 논문집

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