Stretches of common seepweed have turned red, welcoming autumn at the Aibi Lake in Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Most common seepweeds grow in saline-alkali soils in wastelands and wetlands.
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