Miyagi
No.92 Kitakami-gawa Estuary and Nagatsura-ura Criteria for selection:1,2 Estuary of Kitakami-gawa Nagatsura-ura City:C/Town:T/ Village:V Wetland type Biota Habitat Reason for selection Kitakami T, Ogatsu T, Kahoku T, Mono T, Toyoma T Estuarine tidal flats, Salt marshes Wetland vegetation Estuary of Kitakami-gawa and Nagatsura-ura Communities of emergent plants such as Phragmites communis, Zizania latifolia and Typha latifolia, and willow shrubs are found along the estuary of Kitakami-gawa (river). In Nagatsura-ura occur sandy shore plant communities and Porphyra tenera (a threatened species). Insects Estuary of Kitakami-gawa (Oppa-wan) Brackish riverside marsh located in the lowest reaches of Kitakami-gawa. It is the known northernmost limit of Mortonagrion hirosei. "Kasumisasakiri"-- a species of tetigoniids, Nabis sp. (provably undescribed), Nabis ussuriensis and Anisosticta kobensis have been observed. Benthos Estuary of Kitakami-gawa and Nagatsura-ura These areas provide habitat for Corbicula japonica, Ruditapes philippinarum, Scopimera globosa and Helice tridens. Nagatsura-ura supports Helice tridens, Deiratonotus cristatus and Batillaria cumingii. [ Back ]
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