Hokkaido
No.1 Rishiri-to Wetlands (Otadomari-numa, Numaura-shitsugen and Minamihama-shitsugen) Criteria for selection:1 Numaura-shitsugen, Otadomari-numa Minamihama-shitsugen City:C/Town:T/ Village:V Wetland type Biota Habitat Reason for selection Rishirifuji T Mixed Bogs, Fens Wetland vegetation Fens and bogs in Rishiri-to (Otadomari-numa, Numaura-shitsugen and Minamihama-shitsugen) [Otadomari-numa and Numaura-shitsugen]: Communities of Phragmites communis, P. communis-Moliniopsis japonica and Picea glehnii-Sasa senanensis. On the forest floor, Ledum palustre ssp. diversipilosum, Ilex crenata var. paludosa, Coptis trifolia, Vaccinium oxycoccus, Drosera rotundifolia and Sphagnum magellanicum. [Minamihama-shitsugen]: Abounds in swamp forests of Picea glehnii, Eriophorum vaginatum-Sphagnum, Osmunda cinnamomea and Menyanthes trifoliata communities, as well as Rubus chamaemorus, Ledum palustre ssp. diversipilosum, Vaccinium oxycoccus, Hosta rectifolia and Hemerocallis middendorffii var. esculenta. [ Back ]
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