500 Important Wetlands in Japan
Aomori

No.70

Byobusan-shitsugen Ponds and Marshes
(including Hirataki-numa, Bensenuma-shitsugen and Kokeyachi-shitsugen)

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Criteria for selection:1,2
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Bense-numa

City:C/Town:T/
Village:V
Wetland type Biota Habitat Reason for selection
Kizukuri T,
Shariki V
Lakes and marshes, Mixed Bogs Wetland vegetation Ponds and marshes in Byobusan-shitsugen (including Hirataki-numa, Bensenuma-shitsugen and Kokeyachi-shitsugen) Communities of Vaccinium oxycoccus-Sphagnum and Hemerocallis middendorfii var. esculenta-Iris ensata var. spontanea.
Aquatic plants Ponds and marshes in Byobusan-shitsugen Valuable aquatic plants and wetland vegetation thrive.
Insects Ponds and marshes in Byobusan-shitsugen (Hirataki-numa, Bensenuma-shitsugen, Byobusan-shitsugen) Habitat of various dragonfly species including Nehalennia speciosa, Cercion plagiosum, Aeschnophlebia longistigma, Aeshna mixta soneharai, Epitheca bimaculata sibirica, Nannophya pygmaea and Sympetrum uniforme as well as various water beetles such as Rhantus erraticus, Hydaticus aruspex and Dytiscus dauricus.

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