World Species : Protected Area : Wittstock-Ruppiner Heide

Wittstock-Ruppiner Heide

Location:	Germany
Area:	23,095 acres (9,346 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Cfb (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: fully humid; Temperature: warm summer)
Natura 2000 Data Sheet:	View Data Sheet Explanatory notes

Ecoregions

Baltic mixed forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A				B

Share	40 %	20 %	20 %	20 %	50 %	30 %	10 %	5 %	5 %
Soil Type	Dystric Gleysols	Eutric Gleysols	Dystric Cambisols	Gleyic Podzols	Haplic Podzols	Cambic Arenosols	Gleyic Podzols	Dystric Gleysols	Terric Histosols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Poor	Poor	Well	Poor	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Poor	Poor	Very poor
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	100 m	100 m	100 m	150 m	150 m
Root Obstacle	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm
Impermeable Layer	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm
Soil Water Regime	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Wet within 80 cm for 3 to 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	4 %	10 %	2 %	3 %	2 %	2 %	10 %	28 %
Sand	74 %	37 %	75 %	86 %	87 %	89 %	86 %	74 %	35 %
Silt	16 %	40 %	15 %	10 %	9 %	6 %	10 %	16 %	33 %
Clay	10 %	23 %	10 %	4 %	4 %	5 %	4 %	10 %	32 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Sand	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.57 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.93 %	1.07 %	0.7 %	1.97 %	2.18 %	0.5 %	1.97 %	0.93 %	39.4 %
PH	5.2	6.2	5.1	4.4	4.4	6	4.4	5.2	5.6
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	20 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	101 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	5 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	48 %	88 %	28 %	18 %	11 %	99 %	18 %	48 %	75 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	10.2 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	3.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	3.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %	5 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	8 %	5 %	9 %	3 %	4 %	1 %	3 %	8 %	5 %
Sand	68 %	36 %	68 %	85 %	88 %	89 %	85 %	68 %	52 %
Silt	16 %	36 %	17 %	10 %	8 %	6 %	10 %	16 %	23 %
Clay	16 %	28 %	15 %	5 %	4 %	5 %	5 %	16 %	25 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Clay loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Sand	Sand	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Sandy clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.49 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.74 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.57 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.55 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.23 %	0.37 %	0.27 %	0.91 %	0.39 %	0.3 %	0.91 %	0.23 %	38.46 %
PH	5	6.6	5	4.9	5	5.9	4.9	5	5.8
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	23 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	4 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	54 %	90 %	36 %	21 %	21 %	98 %	21 %	54 %	96 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	3.4 cmol kg⁻¹	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	1.7 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	1.7 cmol kg⁻¹	3.4 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	2 %	5 %	3 %	3 %	3 %	3 %	3 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1

Soil data provided by FAO/IIASA/ISRIC/ISSCAS/JRC, 2012. Harmonized World Soil Database (version 1.2). FAO, Rome, Italy and IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.

Köppen climate classification provided by Kottek, M., J. Grieser, C. Beck, B. Rudolf, and F. Rubel, 2006: World Map of Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification updated. Meteorol. Z., 15, 259-263