World Species : Protected Area : Oberes Zwickauer Muldetal

Oberes Zwickauer Muldetal

Location:	Germany
Area:	1,050 acres (425 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

Share	60 %	15 %	15 %	10 %	60 %	20 %	10 %	10 %	50 %	15 %	15 %	10 %	5 %	5 %
Soil Type	Fibric Histosols	Terric Histosols	Umbric Gleysols	Gleyic Podzols	Dystric Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Umbric Leptosols	Dystric Gleysols	Dystric Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Haplic Podzols	Umbric Leptosols	Dystric Gleysols	Fibric Histosols
Topsoil Texture	Fine	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	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	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Very poor	Very poor	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Poor	Very poor
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	100 m	15 mm	125 m	50 m	50 m	15 m	15 mm	150 m	150 m
Phase 1					Stony	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		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			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	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	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	1 %	28 %	4 %	2 %	10 %	10 %	6 %	2 %	10 %	10 %	3 %	10 %	2 %	1 %
Sand	20 %	35 %	38 %	86 %	42 %	42 %	49 %	40 %	42 %	42 %	87 %	79 %	40 %	20 %
Silt	40 %	33 %	42 %	10 %	38 %	38 %	31 %	39 %	38 %	38 %	9 %	13 %	39 %	40 %
Clay	40 %	32 %	20 %	4 %	20 %	20 %	20 %	21 %	20 %	20 %	4 %	8 %	21 %	40 %
USDA Texture	Clay	Clay loam	Loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Loam	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.26 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.43 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	0.1 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.1 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	33.63 %	39.4 %	4.59 %	1.97 %	1.45 %	1.45 %	2.4 %	1.17 %	1.45 %	1.45 %	2.18 %	2.59 %	1.17 %	33.63 %
PH	4.3	5.6	5.2	4.4	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	4.4	4.7	5.1	4.3
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	45 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	34 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	77 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	6 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	8 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	62 %	75 %	82 %	18 %	38 %	38 %	36 %	47 %	38 %	38 %	11 %	86 %	47 %	62 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	31.4 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.8 cmol kg⁻¹	3.6 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	4.3 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 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	4 %	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	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 %	19 %	19 %		6 %	19 %	19 %	4 %		6 %	2 %
Sand	47 %	52 %	38 %	85 %	45 %	45 %		41 %	45 %	45 %	88 %		41 %	47 %
Silt	26 %	23 %	32 %	10 %	35 %	35 %		34 %	35 %	35 %	8 %		34 %	26 %
Clay	27 %	25 %	30 %	5 %	20 %	20 %		25 %	20 %	20 %	4 %		25 %	27 %
USDA Texture	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Loam		Loam	Loam	Loam	Sand		Loam	Sandy clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.42 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	0.1 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.36 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	32.89 %	38.46 %	0.67 %	0.91 %	0.5 %	0.5 %		0.4 %	0.5 %	0.5 %	0.39 %		0.4 %	32.89 %
PH	4.6	5.8	5.2	4.9	5.2	5.2		5.3	5.2	5.2	5		5.3	4.6
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	71 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	35 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	78 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	9 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	40 %	96 %	86 %	21 %	33 %	33 %		47 %	33 %	33 %	21 %		47 %	40 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	1.7 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 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 %	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 %	1 %	4 %	3 %	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	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