World Species : Protected Area : Berkel

Berkel

Location:	Germany
Area:	1,801 acres (729 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

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A			B					C					D

Share	50 %	40 %	10 %	50 %	30 %	10 %	5 %	5 %	60 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	35 %	30 %	20 %	5 %	5 %	5 %
Soil Type	Eutric Gleysols	Dystric Gleysols	Stagnic Luvisols	Haplic Podzols	Cambic Arenosols	Gleyic Podzols	Dystric Gleysols	Terric Histosols	Eutric Gleysols	Vertic Cambisols	Rendzic Leptosols	Haplic Luvisols	Eutric Gleysols	Gleyic Podzols	Umbric Gleysols	Cumulic Anthrosols	Dystric Regosols	Umbric Gleysols	Gleyic Podzols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	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	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Poor	Poor	Poor	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Poor	Poor	Very poor	Poor	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Poor	Well	Somewhat excessive	Poor	Poor
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	125 m	50 m	15 mm	100 m	125 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	100 m
Phase 1									Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony
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	None to 80 cm		None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	60 - 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	40 - 60 cm
Impermeable Layer	40 - 80 cm	40 - 80 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	40 - 80 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 for 3 to 6 months, but not 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	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	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	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month	Wet within 80 cm for 3 to 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 1 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	Wet within 80 cm for 3 to 6 months, but not 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
Misc. Property										Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	4 %	2 %	4 %	3 %	2 %	2 %	10 %	28 %	4 %	2 %	16 %	4 %	4 %	2 %	10 %	10 %	19 %	10 %	2 %
Sand	37 %	40 %	37 %	87 %	89 %	86 %	74 %	35 %	37 %	20 %	37 %	41 %	37 %	86 %	86 %	90 %	78 %	86 %	86 %
Silt	40 %	39 %	44 %	9 %	6 %	10 %	16 %	33 %	40 %	29 %	44 %	37 %	40 %	10 %	9 %	6 %	13 %	9 %	10 %
Clay	23 %	21 %	19 %	4 %	5 %	4 %	10 %	32 %	23 %	51 %	19 %	22 %	23 %	4 %	5 %	4 %	9 %	5 %	4 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loamy sand	Sand	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Clay loam	Loam	Clay	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Sand	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand
Reference Bulk Density	1.38 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.74 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.35 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.07 %	1.17 %	0.99 %	2.18 %	0.5 %	1.97 %	0.93 %	39.4 %	1.07 %	0.96 %	2.13 %	0.74 %	1.07 %	1.97 %	0.7 %	2.41 %	0.7 %	0.7 %	1.97 %
PH	6.2	5.1	5.8	4.4	6	4.4	5.2	5.6	6.2	7.3	7.5	6.5	6.2	4.4	5.9	5.9	5.6	5.9	4.4
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	41 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	101 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	43 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹	43 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	13 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	1 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	88 %	47 %	62 %	11 %	99 %	18 %	48 %	75 %	88 %	94 %	100 %	91 %	88 %	18 %	74 %	92 %	98 %	74 %	18 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	10.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.5 cmol kg⁻¹	8.4 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	10.2 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	10.2 cmol kg⁻¹	3.6 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	1.6 cmol kg⁻¹	4.1 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	3.6 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.3 %	6 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	0 %	0 %	3 %	0 %	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	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	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	5 %	6 %	4 %	4 %	1 %	3 %	8 %	5 %	5 %	4 %		3 %	5 %	3 %	8 %	10 %	14 %	8 %	3 %
Sand	36 %	41 %	31 %	88 %	89 %	85 %	68 %	52 %	36 %	18 %		37 %	36 %	85 %	82 %	89 %	77 %	82 %	85 %
Silt	36 %	34 %	38 %	8 %	6 %	10 %	16 %	23 %	36 %	29 %		34 %	36 %	10 %	11 %	6 %	13 %	11 %	10 %
Clay	28 %	25 %	31 %	4 %	5 %	5 %	16 %	25 %	28 %	53 %		29 %	28 %	5 %	7 %	5 %	10 %	7 %	5 %
USDA Texture	Clay loam	Loam	Clay loam	Sand	Sand	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay loam	Clay		Clay loam	Clay loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Sand	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand
Reference Bulk Density	1.35 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.74 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³		1.35 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.64 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.64 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.5 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.55 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³		1.51 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.37 %	0.4 %	0.29 %	0.39 %	0.3 %	0.91 %	0.23 %	38.46 %	0.37 %	0.43 %		0.36 %	0.37 %	0.91 %	0.3 %	0.88 %	0.31 %	0.3 %	0.91 %
PH	6.6	5.3	5.9	5	5.9	4.9	5	5.8	6.6	7.7		6.7	6.6	4.9	6.2	5.9	5.3	6.2	4.9
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	42 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹		50 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	13 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹		14 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	1 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	90 %	47 %	83 %	21 %	98 %	21 %	54 %	96 %	90 %	99 %		93 %	90 %	21 %	81 %	89 %	28 %	81 %	21 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	6.1 cmol kg⁻¹	10.2 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	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	34.3 cmol kg⁻¹		13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	1.7 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	6.9 cmol kg⁻¹	1 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	1.7 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	4 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	1 %	3 %	3 %	3 %	3 %	1 %	2 %	2 %		1 %	2 %	3 %	0 %	0 %	3 %	0 %	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	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