First Discovery of 'Baekseohyang Colony' in Dadohaehaesang National Park

Rare Native Plant Baekseohyang Confirmed to Inhabit the Dadohae Area

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] The Dadohaehaesang National Park Western Office (Director Lee Cheongyu) of the Korea National Park Service announced on the 10th that it has discovered for the first time a colony of the native plant Baekseohyang (Daphne kiusiana Miq), which rarely grows in the southern regions of Korea, during ecosystem monitoring within the park area.

Baekseohyang is a species whose population is decreasing due to global warming and environmental pollution, and it grows in the southern regions of Korea and Japan.

Baekseohyang is a small tree belonging to the Thymelaeaceae family, reaching a height of 1 meter with a lifespan of about 30 years. Its flowers bloom in February to March, are white, and its fruit is about 8 mm in size, shaped like a scarlet egg.

In Korea, it mainly inhabits Jeju Island and is observed only in a few inland locations. The Baekseohyang confirmed in this ecosystem survey was small in height and body size, bore egg-shaped fruit, and was scattered like a dispersed mountain village rather than forming a dense colony within a certain area.

Oh Changyoung, Head of the Marine Resources Division at the Dadohaehaesang National Park Western Office, said, “We will collect genetic resources of Baekseohyang, a native plant species with a small population, and establish systematic management plans such as habitat restoration and conservation.”

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