World Species : Protected Area : Elstertal oberhalb Plauen

Elstertal oberhalb Plauen

Location:	Germany
Area:	1,535 acres (621 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

Share	50 %	30 %	20 %	60 %	20 %	10 %	10 %	75 %	10 %	5 %	5 %	5 %
Soil Type	Haplic Luvisols	Eutric Podzoluvisols	Eutric Gleysols	Dystric Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Umbric Leptosols	Dystric Gleysols	Dystric Cambisols	Umbric Leptosols	Gleyic Cambisols	Stagnic Luvisols	Dystric Gleysols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Poor	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Poor	Poor	Very poor
Available Water Capacity	100 m	100 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	15 mm	125 m	50 m	15 mm	15 m	150 m	125 m
Phase 1	Stony	Stony		Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Gravelly	Stony	Gravelly		Stony
Phase 2								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	60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm
Impermeable Layer	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm		80 - 150 cm	None to 150 cm		40 - 80 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	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		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 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
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	4 %	1 %	4 %	10 %	10 %	6 %	2 %	10 %	6 %	4 %	4 %	1 %
Sand	41 %	35 %	37 %	42 %	42 %	49 %	40 %	42 %	49 %	45 %	37 %	16 %
Silt	37 %	54 %	40 %	38 %	38 %	31 %	39 %	38 %	31 %	36 %	44 %	29 %
Clay	22 %	11 %	23 %	20 %	20 %	20 %	21 %	20 %	20 %	19 %	19 %	55 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Silt loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.38 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	1.41 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.43 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.35 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	1.4 g/cm³	1.05 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.74 %	1.2 %	1.07 %	1.45 %	1.45 %	2.4 %	1.17 %	1.45 %	2.4 %	1 %	0.99 %	1.65 %
PH	6.5	5.4	6.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	6.4	5.8	4.7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	47 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	41 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	48 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	13 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	13 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	12 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	91 %	55 %	88 %	38 %	38 %	36 %	47 %	38 %	36 %	85 %	62 %	49 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	11 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	10.2 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	8.4 cmol kg⁻¹	16.3 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	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 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	0 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	4 %	1 %	2 %	4 %	2 %	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	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	3 %	4 %	5 %	19 %	19 %		6 %	19 %		18 %	4 %	1 %
Sand	37 %	37 %	36 %	45 %	45 %		41 %	45 %		39 %	31 %	18 %
Silt	34 %	43 %	36 %	35 %	35 %		34 %	35 %		34 %	38 %	24 %
Clay	29 %	20 %	28 %	20 %	20 %		25 %	20 %		27 %	31 %	58 %
USDA Texture	Clay loam	Loam	Clay loam	Loam	Loam		Loam	Loam		Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.35 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³		1.38 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³		1.36 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.51 g/cm³	1.61 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³		1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³		1.6 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.36 %	0.25 %	0.37 %	0.5 %	0.5 %		0.4 %	0.5 %		0.47 %	0.29 %	0.77 %
PH	6.7	5.3	6.6	5.2	5.2		5.3	5.2		6.7	5.9	4.6
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	50 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹		29 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹		37 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	14 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹		10 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹		11 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	93 %	59 %	90 %	33 %	33 %		47 %	33 %		88 %	83 %	45 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	11.9 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	10.2 cmol kg⁻¹	16.5 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %		0.1 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	0 %	2 %	2 %	2 %		1 %	2 %		2 %	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	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