500 Important Wetlands in Japan
Hokkaido

No.16

Shiretoko-hanto Alpine Bogs (Rausu-ko, Futatsu-ike and Shiretoko-numa)

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Criteria for selection:1
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Futatsu-ike

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Shiretoko-numa

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Wetland type Biota Habitat Reason for selection
Rausu T Bogs Wetland vegetation Shiretoko-hanto alpine bogs (Rausu-ko, Futatsu-ike and Shiretoko-numa) [Rausu-ko (lake)]: On the lakeshore of Rausu-ko and in small marshes scattered in its vicinity occur communities of Equisetum limosum, Carex lyngbyei, C. lasiocarpa var. occultans, C. vesicaria, Phragmites communis-Calamagrostis langsdorffii, Geum pentapetalum-Sphagnum papillosum and Sparganium hyperboreum.
[Futatsu-ike (pond)]: Around the pond occurs an alpine bog, which hosts communities of Carex limosa, Geum pentapetalum-Sphagnum papillosum, Scirpus maximowiczii and Loiseleuria procumbens-Vaccinium uliginosum.
[Shiretoko-numa (marsh)]: There occur Geum pentapetalum-Sphagnum papillosum communities.

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