500 Important Wetlands in Japan
Yamagata

No.114

Gassan and Yudono-san Wetlands
(including east side of the summit of Gassan, Midagahara-shitsugen, Nenbutsugahara, Kawamatsu-yachi and Tashirozawa Wetlands)

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Criteria for selection:1,2
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City:C/Town:T/
Village:V
Wetland type Biota Habitat Reason for selection
Nishikawa T,
Kushibiki T,
Tachikawa T,
Haguro T
Snow patches,
Bogs,
Lakes and
marshes
Wetland
vegetation
Wetlands in Gassan
and Yudono-san
(including east side of
the summit of Gassan,
Midagahara-shitsugen,
Nenbutsugahara,
Kawamatsu-yachi and
wetlands in Tashirozawa)
Communities of Andreaea nivalis, Calamagrostis fauriei, Carex blepharicarpa-Fauria crista-galli and Rhynchospora yasudana-Sphagnum tenellum.
Freshwater
shellfish
Lakes and marshes
in Gassan
Abounds in Pisidium spp.

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