Korea National Arboretum is arboretum located in Jikdong-ri, Soheul eup, Pocheon city of Gyeonggi province of South Korea. The initiation of planting great deal of forests started druing the reign of Sejo of Joseon

Sejo of Joseon

Sejo of Joseon was the seventh king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. He produced a coup d'etat and became king himself in 1455.-Reign:...

. He and Queen Jeonghui designated the area for posthumous tomb to protect forests round firmly. After the royal order, the beauty of the forests has been cherished until now even enduring the devastated situation during Korean war

Korean War

The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...

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Several natural monuments of South Korea dwell in the arboretum, representing White-bellied Woodpecker

White-bellied Woodpecker

The White-bellied Woodpecker is found in evergreen forests of tropical Asia. It has 14 subspecies, part of a complex including the Andaman Woodpecker . Many island forms are endangered, some are extinct. Populations differ in the distribution and extent of white...

 and 900 kinds of plant

Plant

Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...

. The South Korean government registered the forest as natural momument no.11 for acknowledging the importance as a habitat for several species.