Hokkaido
No.5 Kutcharo-ko Criteria for selection:1,4 Ramsar site (Click to enlarge photo) City:C/Town:T/ Village:V Wetland type Biota Habitat Reason for selection Hamatombetsu T Fens, Brackish lakes with lagoon tidal flats Wetland vegetation Kutcharo-ko The site supports fen vegetation including communities of Phragmites communis-Calamagrostis langsdorffii, Myrica gale var. tomentosa-Carex lasiocarpa var. occultans and C. lyngbyei, as well as swamp forests of Picea glehnii and forests of Alnus japonica. Geese and ducks Kutcharo-ko Stopover site of Cygnus columbianus. Benthos Kutcharo-ko Habitat of brackish benthos such as Corbicula japonica. [ Back ]
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