World Species : Protected Area : Löstertal

Löstertal

Location:	Germany
Area:	551 acres (223 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	65 %	20 %	10 %	5 %	60 %	20 %	10 %	5 %	5 %
Soil Type	Eutric Cambisols	Umbric Leptosols	Eutric Gleysols	Eutric Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Umbric Leptosols	Vertic Cambisols	Dystric Gleysols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Fine
Reference Depth	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Very poor
Available Water Capacity	100 m	15 mm	125 m	100 m	100 m	100 m	15 mm	75 m	125 m
Phase 1	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
Impermeable Layer	None to 150 cm		80 - 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 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		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 over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month
Misc. Property								Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	9 %	6 %	4 %	9 %	10 %	10 %	6 %	2 %	1 %
Sand	42 %	49 %	37 %	42 %	42 %	42 %	49 %	20 %	16 %
Silt	36 %	31 %	40 %	36 %	38 %	38 %	31 %	29 %	29 %
Clay	22 %	20 %	23 %	22 %	20 %	20 %	20 %	51 %	55 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.37 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.05 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1 %	2.4 %	1.07 %	1 %	1.45 %	1.45 %	2.4 %	0.96 %	1.65 %
PH	6.6	5.1	6.2	6.6	5.1	5.1	5.1	7.3	4.7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	55 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	93 %	36 %	88 %	93 %	38 %	38 %	36 %	94 %	49 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	14 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	10.2 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹	16.3 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.3 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	4 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	4 %	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
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	12 %		5 %	12 %	19 %	19 %		4 %	1 %
Sand	41 %		36 %	41 %	45 %	45 %		18 %	18 %
Silt	34 %		36 %	34 %	35 %	35 %		29 %	24 %
Clay	25 %		28 %	25 %	20 %	20 %		53 %	58 %
USDA Texture	Loam		Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Loam		Clay	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.38 g/cm³		1.35 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³		1.22 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³		1.5 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³		1.46 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.37 %		0.37 %	0.37 %	0.5 %	0.5 %		0.43 %	0.77 %
PH	7		6.6	7	5.2	5.2		7.7	4.6
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	55 cmol kg⁻¹		42 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹		61 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	15 cmol kg⁻¹		13 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹		35 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	93 %		90 %	93 %	33 %	33 %		99 %	45 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹		11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹		34.3 cmol kg⁻¹	16.5 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.1 %		0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %		4 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %		2 %	2 %	2 %	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

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