World Species : Protected Area : Luchberggebiet

Luchberggebiet

Location:	Germany
Area:	94 acres (38 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

Share	40 %	40 %	20 %	50 %	15 %	15 %	10 %	5 %	5 %
Soil Type	Eutric Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Dystric Gleysols	Dystric Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Haplic Podzols	Umbric Leptosols	Dystric Gleysols	Fibric Histosols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Fine
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Poor	Very poor
Available Water Capacity	100 m	100 m	125 m	50 m	50 m	15 m	15 mm	150 m	150 m
Phase 1	Stony	Stony	Stony	Gravelly	Gravelly	Gravelly	Stony
Phase 2				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		40 - 60 cm	None to 80 cm
Impermeable Layer	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	80 - 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm		40 - 80 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	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		Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	9 %	10 %	2 %	10 %	10 %	3 %	10 %	2 %	1 %
Sand	42 %	42 %	40 %	42 %	42 %	87 %	79 %	40 %	20 %
Silt	36 %	38 %	39 %	38 %	38 %	9 %	13 %	39 %	40 %
Clay	22 %	20 %	21 %	20 %	20 %	4 %	8 %	21 %	40 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Loam	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.37 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1 %	1.45 %	1.17 %	1.45 %	1.45 %	2.18 %	2.59 %	1.17 %	33.63 %
PH	6.6	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	4.4	4.7	5.1	4.3
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	55 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	101 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	93 %	38 %	47 %	38 %	38 %	11 %	86 %	47 %	62 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	14 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	5.5 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.5 cmol kg⁻¹	31.4 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 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	0 %	1 %	2 %
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	12 %	19 %	6 %	19 %	19 %	4 %		6 %	2 %
Sand	41 %	45 %	41 %	45 %	45 %	88 %		41 %	47 %
Silt	34 %	35 %	34 %	35 %	35 %	8 %		34 %	26 %
Clay	25 %	20 %	25 %	20 %	20 %	4 %		25 %	27 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sand		Loam	Sandy clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.38 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.74 g/cm³		1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³		1.36 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.37 %	0.5 %	0.4 %	0.5 %	0.5 %	0.39 %		0.4 %	32.89 %
PH	7	5.2	5.3	5.2	5.2	5		5.3	4.6
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	55 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹		29 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	15 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹		10 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	93 %	33 %	47 %	33 %	33 %	21 %		47 %	40 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	6.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹		6.1 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	3 %		1 %	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

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