The purpose of this study is to investigate the properties of Menyanthes trifoliata habitat in coastal lagoons. To characterize plant composition in the habitats in the lagoon, the plot sampling method was applied. The depths of water and floating mat were measured. Surface water quality factors including pH, electrical conductivity (EC), dissolved oxygen (DO), and total dissolved solids (TDS) were measured in the sites. Phosphate, nitrate, ammonium, and major cations were measured in

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... . The wetland has 78 taxa of wetland plants. The average coverage and density of M. trifoliata was 62.6% and 71.2/㎡, respectively and Phragmites australis is important associate in Sunyoodam lagoon. The average depths of floating mats were 26.5㎝ in M. trifoliata and 68.9㎝ in the P. australis-M. trifoliata communities, and the water depth below the mat was 106.5㎝ and 17.7㎝, respectively. The values of pH, DO, EC and TDS in the water were 5.06, 46.1%, 59.4 ㎲/㎝, and 29.3 ㎎/L, respectively. The concentrations of phosphate, nitrate, and ammonium showed 47.2, 9321, and 15.9 ㎍/L, respectively. The concentrations of Ca, K, Na, and Mg had 11.1, 1.5, 15.1, and 11.3 ㎎/L, respectively. The habitats of M. trifoliata in the lagoon corresponds to a kind of lowland communities in Hewett's classification. To conserve the habitats of M. trifoliata in Sunyoodam lagoon, the supply of open water area, the construction of observation deck, and the block of inflow from the surrounding paddy fields are needed in the future.