City:C/Town:T/
Village:V |
Wetland type |
Biota |
Habitat |
Reason for selection |
Toyotomi T,
Horonobe T,
Teshio T, etc. |
Wetland complex
including bogs,
Lakes and marshes, Rivers |
Wetland vegetation |
Sarobetsu-genya (Sarobetsu-shitsugen, Naga-numa and neighboring marshes, Penke-numa, Panke-numa and Kabuto-numa) |
Sarobetsu-genya hosts communities of Rubus chamaemorus-Sphagnum papillosum, Moliniopsis japonica-S. papillosum, Scheuchzeria palustris-Rhynchospora alba, Drosera anglica-Sphagnum pulchrum, Moliniopsis japonica-Carex middendorffii and Phragmites communis-Calamagrostis langsdorffii, and forests of Alnus japonica. Marshes abound in communities of various hydrophytes including Potamogeton natans, Brasenia schreberii, and Trapa japonica. |
| Aquatic plants |
Marshes in Sarobetsu-kaigan |
These marshes are formed on Wakkasakanai sand dunes. They abound in Nuphar spp. |
| Geese and ducks |
Sarobetsu-genya (Penke-numa, Kabuto-numa and Kyu-teshio-gawa) |
Stopover sites of Anser fabalis middendorffii. |
| Reptiles and amphibians |
Sarobetsu-genya |
Habitat of Lacerta vivipara. |
| Freshwater fish |
Habitat of Hucho perryi in Sarobetsu-genya |
Sarobetsu-gawa and other rivers and marshes in Sarobetsu-genya, where Hucho perryi inhabits. |
| Insects |
Sarobetsu-genya |
Habitat of Onthophagus gibbulus, Graphoderus zonatus and Aeschna subarctica. |
| Benthos |
Estuary of Teshio-gawa |
Habitat of Corbicula japonica. |
| Benthos |
Marshes in Sarobetsu-genya (including Penke-numa and Panke-numa) |
Habitat of brackish benthos such as Corbicula japonica. |
