Wakkanai Plants and Animals of the North

Wild Plants

Hakusan-chidori
Hakusan-chidori
Hamanasu
Hamanasu
Ezo-sukashiyuri
Ezo-sukashiyuri
Ezo-engosaku
Ezo-engosaku
Ezo-kanzou
Ezo-kanzou
Sendaihagi
Sendaihagi
Isotsutsuji
Isotsutsuji
Shoujoubakama
Shoujoubakama

Wild plants and flowers grow around Wakkanai and on the plains of Sarobetsu and you can see them in bloom from around May to August.


Wild Animals

Ezo-shika
Ezo-shika
Gomafu-azarashi
Gomafu-azarashi
Oowashi
Oowashi
Kita-kitsune
Kita-kitsune
Ezo-kuroten
Ezo-kuroten
Koyoshikiri
Koyoshikiri
Ojirowashi
Ojirowashi
Kinkurohajiro
Kinkurohajiro

There are many wild animals and birds in this part of Hokkaido. Among them are species found only here in Hokkaido. On the Sarobetsu Plains you can find rare species of a snake and an eagle and at the Ohnuma Pond you can find various species of birds including the swan. Along the coastline you can find squirrels, martens, badgers, rabbits, deer, and fox. Along the coastline of the Sea of Okhotsk you can see mother seals rearing their babies on the sea filled with drifting ice.


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