World Species : Protected Area : Nordwestlicher Thüringer Wald

Nordwestlicher Thüringer Wald

Location:	Germany
Area:	7,855 acres (3,179 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

Share	35 %	30 %	25 %	10 %	50 %	30 %	20 %	60 %	20 %	10 %	10 %	70 %	15 %	10 %	5 %
Soil Type	Rendzic Leptosols	Rendzic Leptosols	Chromic Cambisols	Chromic Luvisols	Vertic Cambisols	Vertic Cambisols	Eutric Gleysols	Dystric Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Umbric Leptosols	Dystric Gleysols	Dystric Cambisols	Umbric Leptosols	Gleyic Cambisols	Dystric Gleysols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Fine	Fine	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine
Reference Depth	30 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Very poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Poor	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Poor	Very poor
Available Water Capacity	15 mm	15 mm	100 m	50 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	15 mm	125 m	100 m	15 mm	100 m	125 m
Phase 1	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
Impermeable Layer			None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	80 - 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm		80 - 150 cm	None to 150 cm		80 - 150 cm	80 - 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	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 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		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
Misc. Property					Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)	Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	16 %	16 %	10 %	4 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	10 %	10 %	6 %	2 %	10 %	6 %	4 %	1 %
Sand	37 %	37 %	49 %	27 %	20 %	20 %	17 %	42 %	42 %	49 %	40 %	42 %	49 %	45 %	16 %
Silt	44 %	44 %	28 %	27 %	29 %	29 %	32 %	38 %	38 %	31 %	39 %	38 %	31 %	36 %	29 %
Clay	19 %	19 %	23 %	46 %	51 %	51 %	51 %	20 %	20 %	20 %	21 %	20 %	20 %	19 %	55 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay	Clay	Clay	Clay	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.24 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.05 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	2.13 %	2.13 %	0.98 %	1.2 %	0.96 %	0.96 %	1.25 %	1.45 %	1.45 %	2.4 %	1.17 %	1.45 %	2.4 %	1 %	1.65 %
PH	7.5	7.5	6.6	6.3	7.3	7.3	5.8	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	6.4	4.7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	80 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	27 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	100 %	83 %	79 %	94 %	94 %	78 %	38 %	38 %	36 %	47 %	38 %	36 %	85 %	49 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹	11.6 cmol kg⁻¹	13.4 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹	18.9 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	5.5 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	8.2 cmol kg⁻¹	16.3 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	6 %	6 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.3 %	0.3 %	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 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	4 %	1 %	2 %	4 %	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	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			9 %	6 %	4 %	4 %	1 %	19 %	19 %		6 %	19 %		18 %	1 %
Sand			47 %	21 %	18 %	18 %	19 %	45 %	45 %		41 %	45 %		39 %	18 %
Silt			26 %	25 %	29 %	29 %	29 %	35 %	35 %		34 %	35 %		34 %	24 %
Clay			27 %	54 %	53 %	53 %	52 %	20 %	20 %		25 %	20 %		27 %	58 %
USDA Texture			Sandy clay loam	Clay	Clay	Clay	Clay	Loam	Loam		Loam	Loam		Clay loam	Clay
Reference Bulk Density			1.38 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³		1.38 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³		1.36 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³
Bulk Density			1.44 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³		1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³		1.6 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³
Organic Carbon			0.47 %	0.58 %	0.43 %	0.43 %	0.45 %	0.5 %	0.5 %		0.4 %	0.5 %		0.47 %	0.77 %
PH			6.7	6.4	7.7	7.7	6	5.2	5.2		5.3	5.2		6.7	4.6
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity			44 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹		29 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹		37 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity			15 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹		10 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹		11 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation			92 %	83 %	99 %	99 %	84 %	33 %	33 %		47 %	33 %		88 %	45 %
Total Exchangeable Bases			11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	34.3 cmol kg⁻¹	34.3 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹		6.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹		11.3 cmol kg⁻¹	16.5 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate			0.1 %	0 %	4 %	4 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %		0.1 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate			0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium			1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	3 %	2 %	2 %		1 %	2 %		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		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