Photographs
- Key Words
- stripped bark
- Other Notes
- "The remaining mature vegetation of Sohuksan is, however, in great danger because the decline of fishing has forced the local people to press up the mountain slopes to clear-cut the forest and harvest the medicinal bark of Machilus thunbergii Siebold & Zuccarini (such harvesting, of course, kills the trees). The villagers naively hope that when the forests are clear-cut and disturbed, the Machilus will regenerate. These people do not understand that clear-cutting the ancient forests at the mid and upper elevations will absolutely destroy the natural habitat of the indigenous wood dove which is the sole vector for distributing the seed of Machilus." Ted Dudley. 1985 trip report
- Location
- Sohuksan Island
- Country
- South Korea
- Date Taken
- September 1985
- Photographer
- J. C. Raulston
- Collection
- J. C. Raulston's Slide Collection
- Image Name
- 085-0389.JPG
- Image ID
- 52153