500 Important Wetlands in Japan
Miyagi

No.88
Kabukuri-numa
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Criteria for selection:1,2,4
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City:C/Town:T/
Village:V
Wetland type Biota Habitat Reason for selection
Tajiri T Lakes and marshes Wetland vegetation Kabukuri-numa Typical bog vegetation, such as communities of Phragmites communis, Zizania latifolia and Salix subfragilis, is still found here.
Geese and ducks Kabukuri-numa Wintering site of Anser fabalis middendorffii, A. albifrons and Branta canadensis leucopareia.
Freshwater fish Kabukuri-numa Habitat of Acheilognathus typus and A. moriokae.
Freshwater shellfish Kabukuri-numa Habitat of Unio spp.

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