The Vegetation of Mt. Choksang

The forest vegation and their structural characteristics in mt. chokang were investgated by phytosociological survey and ordination. It was classified five forests such as quercus tschonoskii community and fraxinus mandshurica community and this result has confirmed to coincide with community ciassification by polar ordination. Chang of diversity index was shown to decase, whereas dominance index, to increase according to chang high altitude. By soil moisture gradient, distribution pattern of fraxinus mandshurica, acer mono, carpinus cordata was in moist, but quercus serrata,˘quercus variabilis and mongolica, dry habitats.