Table 3 Area of vegetation in each salt marsh (m²). Values in parentheses indicate the number of quadrats surveyed

Artemisia fukudo Makino

222.6 (5)

Carex pumila Thunb.

100.3 (3)

Carex scabrifolia Steud.

573.1 (9)

Limonium tetragonum (Thunb.) Bullock

11.2 (2)

Phragmites communis Trin.

22,683.3 (46)

Phacelurus latifolius (Steud.) Ohwi

280.4 (3)

Spartina anglica C.E.Hubb.

48.1 (2)

Suaeda glauca (Bunge) Bunge

12.3 (2)

Suaeda japonica Makino

45,236.3 (22)

Suaeda maritima (L.) Dumort

15.2 (2)

Triglochin maritima L.

528.8 (12)

Zoysia sinica Hance

1344.7 (20)

Total vegetated salt marsh area

22,683.3

45,236.3

3136.7