Table 1. Distribution of study plots by provinces.

Provinces Seoul, Gyeonggi Gang-won Chungbuk Chungnam Jeon-buk Jeon-nam Gyeongbuk Gyeongnam Jeju Total
No. of NFI plots 1,302 2,880 1,049 1,175 982 1,491 3,507 2,190 563 15,139
No. of plots dominated more than 50% by Q. mongolica 177 562 94 38 38 42 326 135 9 1,421