500 Important Wetlands in Japan
Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama

No.136
Watarase-yusuichi
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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
Tochigi:
Oyama C,
Fujioka T,
Nogi T
Gunma:
Itakura T
Saitama:
Kitakawabe T
Fens,
Water
retarding
basin
Wetland
vegetation
Watarase-yusuichi Communities of Phragmites communis, Miscanthus sacchariflorus and Scirpus fluviatilis-Zizania latifolia, and forests of Salix chaenomeloides.
Insects Watarase-yusuichi Habitat of Ischnura senegalensis, Cercion sexlineatum, Copera tokyoensis, Oligoaeschna pryeri, Rhyothemis fuliginosa, Carabus granulatus telluris, Elaphrus sugai and Gerris babai. A large number of rare species and/or species typical of wetlands that are listed in RDB, are found, including Hydaticus conspersus, Helophorus auriculatus, Anadastus pulchelloides and Anthicus watarasensis.

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