唐川のカキツバタ群落 Karakawa-no-kakitsubata-gunraku Japanese Water Irises Communities in the Karakawa Wetland
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The Karakawa Wetland with an area of 10,000 sq m lies in the 400 m high valley in the southern part of Iwami-cho, Iwami-gun, Tottori Prefecture. The wetland is known for the communities of Iris laevigata, which come into bloom from late May to early June every year. These communities have been collectively designated as a National Natural Monument. Together with the bog in Kariya City, Aichi Prefecture and Ota-no-sawa in Kyoto, it is counted as one of the 3 largest natural habitat of Iris laevigata. Bright purple flowers overwhelmingly cover the whole area of the wetland, which is 320 m in circumference. It is said that the Iris laevigata of this wetland will not take root in any other land.
Over 100 species of wetland plants grow in this bog including sundew, which capture and digest insects, and many kinds of orchids such as pogonia, and Platanthera hologlottis, which entertain the visitors with white and orange cute flowers. Scarlet Dwarf (Nannophya pygmaea), which is the tiniest dragonfly in the world, is also seen resting on the plants.
Over 100 species of wetland plants grow in this bog including sundew, which capture and digest insects, and many kinds of orchids such as pogonia, and Platanthera hologlottis, which entertain the visitors with white and orange cute flowers. Scarlet Dwarf (Nannophya pygmaea), which is the tiniest dragonfly in the world, is also seen resting on the plants.
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- Karakawa, Iwami-cho, Iwami-gun, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
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- Japanese Water Irises Communities in the Karakawa Wetland