Gifu
No.224 Amo-shitsugen Criteria for selection:2 City:C/Town:T/ Village:V Wetland type Biota Habitat Reason for selection Kawai V Bogs Wetland vegetation Amo- shitsugen This bog is worthy of note not only as an occurrence location of a bog, but also as a place where boreal cold-regions plants are still observed. There occur Salvia lutescens var. crenata, Carex omiana var. monticola, C. michauxiana var. asiatica (southernmost habitat), Cirsium hida-paludosum, Galium kamtschaticum var. kamtschaticum (southernmost habitat), Hemerocallis middendorfii var. esculenta (westernmost habitat) and Gentiana triflora var. japonica (southernmost habitat). [ Back ]
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