500 Important Wetlands in Japan
Hokkaido

No.25

Hichirippu-numa and Mochirippu-numa

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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
Hamanaka T Wetland complex
including fens,
Lakes and marshes,
Seagrass beds
Wetland vegetation Hichirippu-numa and Mochirippu-numa Salt marsh vegetation (including Triglochin maritimum and Glaux maritima var. obtusifolia) and communities of Phragmites communis-Calamagrostis langsdorffii and Carex lyngbyei.
Seagrasses Hichirippu-numa Habitat of Zostera japonica.
Other birds Hichirippu-numa and Mochirippu-numa Habitat of Grus japonensis.
Benthos Hichirippu-numa and Mochirippu-numa Habitat of Ruditapes philippinarum and Crassostrea gigas.

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