백두대간 덕유산지역 일대에 분포하는 식물상을 조사한 결과 91과 243속 353종 53변종 5품종 총 411종류가 확인되었다. 개비자나무, 생강나무, 대팻집나무 및 노각나무 등이 나타나 남부아구로 볼 수 있으나 거제수나무, 사스래나무, 처녀치마 및 금강애기나리 등 중부아구 식물도 확인되었으며, 해발 1,000m 이상인 곳에는 고산식물이 많이 분포하였다. 산림청이 지정한 희귀 및 멸종위기종은 솔나리와 산작약, 그리고 구상나무, 금강애기나리, 말나리, 뻐꾹나리, 누른종덩굴, 등대시호, 흰참꽃 및 꽃창포 등으로 총 10종이 확인되었다. 환경부지정 보호 야생 동ㆍ식물에 포함되어 있는 종은 솔나리 1종이 확인되었다. 한국특산식물종은 개비자나무, 구상나무, 일월비비추, 죽대, 뻐꾹나리 등 12과 21속 20종 1품종 1변종으로 총 22종류가 확인되었다.
The vascular plants of Mt. Deog-yu area in the Baekdudaegan were recorded as 411 taxa; 91 families, 243 genera, 353 species, 53 varieties and 5 forma. From the floristic point of view, the Baekdudaegan, a main mountain range of the Korean peninsula, in the region of Mt. Deog-yu, belongs to the southern province in Korea, as the species like Cephalotaxus koreana, Lindera obtusiloba, Ilex macropoda and Stewartia koreana. are ranged in this region. But the species of the Northern element such as Betula costata, Betula ermani, Heloniopsis orientalis and Disporum ovale are also recorded in the region. Above the sea level from 1,000m, many sub alpine plant species are recorded. Rare and endangered plant species which are categorized by the Office of Forestry were 10 species such as Lilium cernum, Paeonia obovata, Abies koreana, Disporum ovale, Lilium distichum, Tricyrtis dilatata, Clematis chiisanensis, Bupleurum euphorbioides, Rhododendron schonoskii and Iris ensata var. spontanea. The protected plant species which are categorized by the Ministry of Environment were recorded only Lilium cernum. The Korean endemic plant species were recorded as 22 taxa; 12 families, 21 genera, 20 species 1 varieties, and 1 forma. Among them the plant species such as Cephalotaxus koreana, Abies koreana, Hosta capitata, Polygonatum lasianthum var. coreanum and Tricyrtis dilatata are representative ones in the region.
