A measure for the promotion of mountain ecological villages in South Korea: focus on the national mountain ecological village investigation of 2014

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Table 8 Households utilizing forest resources

Division	Wild greens (house-hold)^a	Fruit trees (house-hold)^b	Forest mush-rooms (house-hold)^c	Sap (house-hold)^d	Medicinal plants (house-hold)^e	Wood-cultivated ginseng (house-hold)	Land-scaping trees (house-hold)	Timber (house-hold)^f	Wild birds and beasts (household)^g	Total (house-hold)	χ ^2h
Before project	2215 (33.8)	1617 (24.7)	1273 (19.4)	578 (8.8)	457 (7.0)	291 (4.4)	57 (0.9)	34 (0.5)	32 (0.5)	6554 (100.0)	119.019***
After project	2723 (32.3)	2129 (25.2)	1397 (16.6)	717 (8.5)	730 (8.7)	457 (5.4)	230 (2.7)	17 (0.2)	32 (0.4)	8432 (100.0)	119.019***
Variation	508 (22.9)	512 (31.7)	124 (9.7)	139 (24.0)	273 (59.7)	166 (57.0)	173 (303.5)	−17 (−50.0)	0 (0.0)	1878 (28.7)

Values in parentheses indicate percentage compositions
^aWild greens include deodeok, bracken, balloon flower, and chwinamul
^bFruit trees include chestnut, persimmon, walnut, pine nut, and jujube
^cForest mushrooms include pyogo mushroom, pine mushroom, and wood ear
^dSap includes Acer mono and birch
^eMedicinal plants include barrenwort, peony, the root bark of various araliaceous shrubs, and a Chinese matrimony vine
^fWood materials include timber production (thinned wood/main cutting wood)
^gWild birds and beasts include pheasants, wild boar, elk, and deer
^hChi square independence test, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, and *** p < 0.001