World Species : Protected Area : Truppenübungsplatz Bergen

Truppenübungsplatz Bergen

Location:	Germany
Area:	30,762 acres (12,449 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

Atlantic mixed forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A					B

Share	40 %	30 %	20 %	5 %	5 %	45 %	35 %	15 %	5 %
Soil Type	Gleyic Cambisols	Stagnic Podzoluvisols	Gleyic Podzols	Eutric Gleysols	Haplic Podzols	Haplic Podzols	Albic Arenosols	Haplic Arenosols	Gleyic Podzols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Poor
Available Water Capacity	100 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	100 m	100 m	100 m
Root Obstacle	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	20 - 40 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm
Impermeable Layer	80 - 150 cm	80 - 150 cm	80 - 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	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	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
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	5 %	1 %	2 %	4 %	3 %	3 %	3 %	4 %	2 %
Sand	76 %	24 %	86 %	37 %	87 %	87 %	88 %	90 %	86 %
Silt	13 %	58 %	10 %	40 %	9 %	9 %	7 %	5 %	10 %
Clay	11 %	18 %	4 %	23 %	4 %	4 %	5 %	5 %	4 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Silt loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Sand	Sand	Loamy sand
Reference Bulk Density	1.56 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.71 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.31 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.79 %	1.5 %	1.97 %	1.07 %	2.18 %	2.18 %	0.4 %	0.4 %	1.97 %
PH	6.2	5.3	4.4	6.2	4.4	4.4	5.9	6.2	4.4
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	40 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	101 cmol kg⁻¹	101 cmol kg⁻¹	26 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	7 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	71 %	55 %	18 %	88 %	11 %	11 %	64 %	93 %	18 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	7.1 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	3.6 cmol kg⁻¹	10.2 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	3.3 cmol kg⁻¹	3.6 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 %	0 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	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
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	8 %	4 %	3 %	5 %	4 %	4 %	4 %	4 %	3 %
Sand	62 %	12 %	85 %	36 %	88 %	88 %	89 %	90 %	85 %
Silt	15 %	55 %	10 %	36 %	8 %	8 %	6 %	5 %	10 %
Clay	23 %	33 %	5 %	28 %	4 %	4 %	5 %	5 %	5 %
USDA Texture	Sandy clay loam	Silty clay loam	Loamy sand	Clay loam	Sand	Sand	Sand	Sand	Loamy sand
Reference Bulk Density	1.43 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.74 g/cm³	1.74 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.71 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.44 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.41 %	0.23 %	0.91 %	0.37 %	0.39 %	0.39 %	0.23 %	0.21 %	0.91 %
PH	6.1	6.2	4.9	6.6	5	5	5.6	6.1	4.9
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	32 cmol kg⁻¹	62 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	12 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	77 %	59 %	21 %	90 %	21 %	21 %	89 %	100 %	21 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	8.9 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	1.7 cmol kg⁻¹	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.8 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	1.7 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 %	0 %	3 %	2 %	3 %	3 %	0 %	3 %	3 %
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