Forest of Cyathea Cuspidata on Yokjido Island, Tongyeong

This evergreen forest lies on the hillside behind Donghang Village, dominated by around 100 Cyathea cuspidata trees, its most prominent species. Other trees found here include the evergreen broadleaves Eurya japonica, Fatsia japonica, Cinnamomum japonicum, Ardisia japonica and Ligustrum japonicum, and the deciduous broadleaves Callicarpa japonica, Styrax japonicus, Pourthiaea villosa, Carpinus tschonoskii, Symplocos tanakana, Platycarya strobilacea, Rhus chinensis, Clerodendrum trichotomum, Aralia elata, Mallotus japonicus, Prunus serrulata, Quercus variabilis, Elaeagnus umbellata, Fraxinus sieboldiana, Rubus parvifolius, Viburnum erosum, Stephanandra incisa, Rhododendron mucronulatum, Lespedeza maximowiczii and Sorbus alnifolia. Evergreen vines here include Elaeagnus macrophylla, Ficus oxyphylla and Trachelospermum asiaticum, while deciduous vines include Smilax china, Pueraria lobata, Paederia scandens, Lonicera japonica, Cocculus trilobus, Trichosanthes kirilowii, Dioscorea polystachya and Dioscorea quinqueloba. Rare plants such as Lespedeza maritima, Millettia japonica and Indigofera koreana also grow here, along with herbaceous plants including Liriope minor, Eupatorium fortunei, Scutellaria indica, Carex ciliatomarginata, Miscanthus sinensis, Atractylodes ovata, Achyranthes japonica, Isodon inflexus and Disporum smilacinum. The forest of Cyathea cuspidata on Yokjido Island, Tongyeong, plays an important role as an eobureum, a fishermen's forest planted along the shore to shelter fish and draw them close to land, and it is one of Korea's representative evergreen forests. For this reason it is designated and protected as a natural monument.

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Where it is

Region

Tongyeong, Gyeongnam

Designation

Natural Monument · 천연기념물