World Species : Protected Area : Nationalpark Harz (Niedersachsen)

Nationalpark Harz (Niedersachsen)

Location:	Germany
Area:	38,969 acres (15,770 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

Western European broadleaf forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A				B				C			D				E			F				G

Share	60 %	15 %	15 %	10 %	50 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	50 %	30 %	20 %	65 %	20 %	10 %	5 %	60 %	30 %	10 %	70 %	15 %	10 %	5 %	40 %	30 %	15 %	15 %
Soil Type	Fibric Histosols	Terric Histosols	Umbric Gleysols	Gleyic Podzols	Dystric Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Luvic Arenosols	Dystric Gleysols	Haplic Luvisols	Eutric Podzoluvisols	Eutric Gleysols	Eutric Cambisols	Umbric Leptosols	Eutric Gleysols	Eutric Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Haplic Podzols	Umbric Leptosols	Dystric Cambisols	Umbric Leptosols	Gleyic Cambisols	Dystric Gleysols	Haplic Podzols	Cambic Podzols	Umbric Leptosols	Dystric Gleysols
Topsoil Texture	Fine	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	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	30 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Very poor	Very poor	Poor	Poor	Well	Well	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Poor	Moderately well	Well	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Poor	Very poor	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Poor
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	15 m	15 m	15 m	75 m	100 m	100 m	150 m	100 m	15 mm	125 m	100 m	50 m	50 m	15 mm	100 m	15 mm	100 m	125 m	50 m	50 m	15 mm	125 m
Phase 1					Gravelly	Gravelly	Gravelly	Gravelly	Stony	Stony		Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	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		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
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	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm		80 - 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm		None to 150 cm		80 - 150 cm	80 - 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm		80 - 150 cm
Soil Water Regime	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 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	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	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		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		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 over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	1 %	28 %	4 %	2 %	10 %	10 %	3 %	10 %	4 %	1 %	4 %	9 %	6 %	4 %	9 %	10 %	3 %	10 %	10 %	6 %	4 %	1 %	3 %	3 %	10 %	2 %
Sand	20 %	35 %	38 %	86 %	75 %	75 %	90 %	74 %	41 %	35 %	37 %	42 %	49 %	37 %	42 %	75 %	87 %	79 %	42 %	49 %	45 %	16 %	87 %	85 %	79 %	40 %
Silt	40 %	33 %	42 %	10 %	15 %	15 %	5 %	16 %	37 %	54 %	40 %	36 %	31 %	40 %	36 %	15 %	9 %	13 %	38 %	31 %	36 %	29 %	9 %	10 %	13 %	39 %
Clay	40 %	32 %	20 %	4 %	10 %	10 %	5 %	10 %	22 %	11 %	23 %	22 %	20 %	23 %	22 %	10 %	4 %	8 %	20 %	20 %	19 %	55 %	4 %	5 %	8 %	21 %
USDA Texture	Clay	Clay loam	Loam	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Sand	Sandy loam	Loam	Silt loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.26 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.71 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Bulk Density	0.1 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.05 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	33.63 %	39.4 %	4.59 %	1.97 %	0.7 %	0.7 %	0.39 %	0.93 %	0.74 %	1.2 %	1.07 %	1 %	2.4 %	1.07 %	1 %	0.7 %	2.18 %	2.59 %	1.45 %	2.4 %	1 %	1.65 %	2.18 %	2.02 %	2.59 %	1.17 %
PH	4.3	5.6	5.2	4.4	5.1	5.1	5.8	5.2	6.5	5.4	6.2	6.6	5.1	6.2	6.6	5.1	4.4	4.7	5.1	5.1	6.4	4.7	4.4	4.3	4.7	5.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	45 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	101 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	101 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	77 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	62 %	75 %	82 %	18 %	28 %	28 %	76 %	48 %	91 %	55 %	88 %	93 %	36 %	88 %	93 %	28 %	11 %	86 %	38 %	36 %	85 %	49 %	11 %	17 %	86 %	47 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	31.4 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.8 cmol kg⁻¹	3.6 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	10.2 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	10.2 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	8.2 cmol kg⁻¹	16.3 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.5 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	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 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	5 %	5 %	3 %	2 %	1 %	0 %	2 %	2 %	4 %	2 %	2 %	5 %	1 %	0 %	2 %	4 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	0 %	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	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	2 %	5 %	5 %	3 %	9 %	9 %	4 %	8 %	3 %	4 %	5 %	12 %		5 %	12 %	9 %	4 %		19 %		18 %	1 %	4 %	3 %		6 %
Sand	47 %	52 %	38 %	85 %	68 %	68 %	87 %	68 %	37 %	37 %	36 %	41 %		36 %	41 %	68 %	88 %		45 %		39 %	18 %	88 %	86 %		41 %
Silt	26 %	23 %	32 %	10 %	17 %	17 %	5 %	16 %	34 %	43 %	36 %	34 %		36 %	34 %	17 %	8 %		35 %		34 %	24 %	8 %	10 %		34 %
Clay	27 %	25 %	30 %	5 %	15 %	15 %	8 %	16 %	29 %	20 %	28 %	25 %		28 %	25 %	15 %	4 %		20 %		27 %	58 %	4 %	4 %		25 %
USDA Texture	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay loam	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Clay loam	Loam	Clay loam	Loam		Clay loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Sand		Loam		Clay loam	Clay	Sand	Loamy sand		Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³		1.35 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.74 g/cm³		1.42 g/cm³		1.36 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.74 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³		1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	0.1 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.61 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³		1.5 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³		1.36 g/cm³		1.6 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³		1.36 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	32.89 %	38.46 %	0.67 %	0.91 %	0.27 %	0.27 %	0.2 %	0.23 %	0.36 %	0.25 %	0.37 %	0.37 %		0.37 %	0.37 %	0.27 %	0.39 %		0.5 %		0.47 %	0.77 %	0.39 %	0.51 %		0.4 %
PH	4.6	5.8	5.2	4.9	5	5	5.7	5	6.7	5.3	6.6	7		6.6	7	5	5		5.2		6.7	4.6	5	4.8		5.3
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	71 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹		42 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹		35 cmol kg⁻¹		37 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹		29 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	78 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹		13 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹		9 cmol kg⁻¹		11 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹		10 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	40 %	96 %	86 %	21 %	36 %	36 %	75 %	54 %	93 %	59 %	90 %	93 %		90 %	93 %	36 %	21 %		33 %		88 %	45 %	21 %	21 %		47 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	1.7 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	2.3 cmol kg⁻¹	3.4 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹		11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹		2.6 cmol kg⁻¹		11.3 cmol kg⁻¹	16.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹		6.1 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %		0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %		0 %		0.1 %	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 %	0 %	0 %		0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	1 %	4 %	3 %	5 %	5 %	3 %	3 %	1 %	0 %	2 %	2 %		2 %	2 %	5 %	3 %		2 %		2 %	1 %	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	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