Photographs
- Key Words
- tree girdled at base; example of practice also documented by Dudley in notes below
- Other Notes
- "Many of the largest I. integra were being killed outright by the locals who were totally girdling the trees at their bases. For example on our second trip back to Sohuksan in September we spotted in the dense forest a mammoth and very heavily fruited I. integra. Upon arriving at its base we were stunned to find that it had been freshly girdled, perhaps the day before we returned. Unfortunately, the trunk was unclimbable and the lowest branches were 5 meters above the ground, and we could not collect herbarium specimens or seed. Invariably, the ancient trees, 250-350 or more years old, of I. integra that had been girdled were females in fruit. The villager's logic is impeccable: the female trees are the first to go because they produce the seed which gives rise to new plants. Never before have I seen such a dramatic, systematic and all-out campaign to destroy totally a single species. There is no question in my mind that the mature I. integra on Sohuksan represent the largest and oldest Ilex in Korea, if not in all of Asia." Ted Dudley 1985 trip report
- Location
- Wando island
- Country
- South Korea
- Date Taken
- September 1985
- Photographer
- J. C. Raulston
- Collection
- J. C. Raulston's Slide Collection
- Image Name
- 086-0386.JPG
- Image ID
- 52854