Table 4. Change of importance percentage of the Quercus mongolica community in Mt. Cheongryang, Incheon
(Unit: 1,200m2)

Species name 1999 2013 Change value (%)
C (%) U (%) S (%) M (%) C (%) U (%) S (%) M (%)
Pinus rigida 11.2 9.5 - 8.8 6.9 - - 3.5 -5.3
Pinus densiflora 0.6 - - 0.3 - - - - -0.3
Juniperus rigida - - - - - - 1.1 0.2 +0.2
Betula davurica 6.0 1.4 - 3.5 4.1 1.2 - 2.4 -1.1
Corylus heterophyllavar. thunbergii - - - - - - 3.5 0.6 +0.6
Alnus hirsuta 5.3 - - 2.7 2.3 - 0.4 1.2 -1.5
Castanea crenata - 2.9 0.7 1.1 1.3 - 1.5 0.9 -0.2
Quercus acutissima 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.6 2.9 0.5 1.0 1.8 +1.2
Quercus dentata 1.0 - - 0.5 1.3 - - 0.6 +0.1
Quercus aliena - 0.4 0.3 0.2 2.5 - - 1.2 +1.0
Quercus mongolica 68.8 36.8 6.9 47.8 50.5 13.8 2.9 30.3 -17.5
Quercus serrata - 0.5 - 0.2 16.1 - 0.8 8.2 +8.0
Magnolia obovata - - - - - 1.1 1.3 0.6 +0.6
Lindera obtusiloba - 0.5 0.3 0.2 - 4.3 5.0 2.3 +1.1
Sorbus alnifolia 2.8 27.7 8.9 12.1 1.4 52.5 8.8 19.6 +7.5
Prunus sargentii 2.0 1.9 0.7 1.7 5.5 - 1.2 3.0 +1.3
Lespedeza cyrtobotrya - - 0.3 0.1 - - - - -0.1
Lespedeza bicolor - - 0.3 0.1 - - - - -0.1
Robinia pseudoacacia 1.5 5.7 2.9 3.1 5.4 3.0 7.1 4.9 +1.8
Rhus trichocarpa - 0.9 1.1 0.5 - 2.6 4.7 1.6 +1.1
Parthenocissus tricuspidata - - 1.5 0.3 - - - - -0.3
Rhododendron mucronulatum - 1.7 64.9 11.4 - 3.8 42.2 8.3 -3.1
Symplocos chinensisfor. pilosa - - 2.2 0.4 - 0.5 0.4 0.2 -0.2
Styrax japonicus - 9.4 7.4 4.4 - 16.8 12.8 7.7 +3.3
Fraxinus rhynchophylla - 0.4 - 0.1 - - - - -0.1
Viburnum erosum - - - - - - 2.1 0.4 +0.4
Viburnum dilatatum - - 0.7 0.1 - - - - -0.1
Smilax china - - 0.3 0.1 - - 1.8 0.3 +0.2
Smilax sieboldii - - - - - - 1.5 0.3 +0.3
C: importance percentage in canopy layer, U: importance percentage in understory layer, S: importance percentage in shrub layer, M: mean importance percentage.