To test whether the Grime´s model on relationship between maximum standing crop plus litter (350∼750g/㎡) and species density (10∼30/0.25㎡) fit well or not, a total of 52 samples, with 4 replicate plots (0.5m×0.5m each) per sample, was collected from various forests, grass lands and coastal salt marshes in midwestern part of central Korean peninsula from September to October in 1982.
The result agrees well with the model for grass lands and salt marshes, that is, shape of curve for the maximum standing crop (minus litter) against species density indicates normal distribution. The number of species was 11 for the grassland and 7 for the salt marshes within the range of 300g to 700g per square meter for the maximum standing crop.
In forest stands, however, as the maximum standing crop of herbs increased the sepcies density decreased. The Grime´s model does not seem to fit with the results on forest stands of this study. It is examined further the relationships among the maximum standing crop, species density and eleven soil properties, and the possible cause of this discrepancy was disscussed.
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