City:C/Town:T/
Village:V |
Wetland type |
Biota |
Habitat
|
Reason
for selection |
Shibecha T,
Akkeshi T |
Wetland complex
including bogs,
Rivers |
Wetland vegetation |
Bekambeushi-shitsugen |
Extensive fen. It hosts
communities of Phragmites communis-Calamagrostis langsdorffii,
Myrica gale var. tomentosa-Carex lasiocarpa var. occultans
and C. lyngbyei, and forests of Alnus japonica. A
bog has developed in the middle reaches of the Bekanbeushi-gawa
(river). It hosts communities of Ledum palustre ssp. diversipilosum-Sphagnum
fuscum, S. papillosum and Scheuchzeria palustris-Rhynchospora
alba. Also found are Carex gynocrates, C. oligosperma, C.
laxa and Eleocharis margaritacea. |
| Other birds |
River basin of Bekambeushi-gawa
|
Habitat of Grus japonensis.
Fourteen per cent of the total number of the nests built is found
here. |
| Freshwater fish |
Habitat of Hucho
perryi in Konsen-genya |
This wetland site encompasses
large and small rivers in Konsen-genya, such as the Ichani-gawa,
Shibetsu-gawa, Tohoro-gawa, Shunbetsu-gawa, Tokotan-gawa, Nishibetsu-gawa,
Furen-gawa, Biwase-gawa, Bekambeushi-gawa, Kushiro-gawa and Akan-gawa,
and lakes and marshes in the vicinity, all of which are inhabited
by Hucho perryi and Phoxinus percnurus sachalinensis. |
| Freshwater shellfish |
Nemuro Wetlands,
Bekambeushi-shitsugen and Kushiro-shitsugen |
Valvata spp. and
Pisidium spp. Rich in species diversity of boreal shellfish. |
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