World Species : Protected Area : Kääpa

Kääpa

Location:	Estonia
Area:	5,645 acres (2,284 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Dfb (Climate: snow; Precipitation: fully humid; Temperature: warm summer)
Natura 2000 Data Sheet:	View Data Sheet Explanatory notes

Ecoregions

Sarmatic mixed forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A				B					C

Share	45 %	20 %	20 %	15 %	40 %	25 %	15 %	15 %	5 %
Soil Type	Gleyic Luvisols	Eutric Planosols	Eutric Gleysols	Terric Histosols	Haplic Podzols	Cambic Podzols	Fibric Histosols	Eutric Gleysols	Gleyic Podzols	Terric Histosols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Fine	Coarse	Coarse	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Poor	Poor	Poor	Very poor	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Very poor	Poor	Poor	Very poor
Available Water Capacity	15 m	15 m	125 m	150 m	15 m	15 m	150 m	75 m	15 m	150 m
Phase 1	Stony	Stony	Stony		Gravelly	Gravelly		Gravelly	Gravelly
Phase 2	Gravelly	Gravelly
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
Impermeable Layer	40 - 80 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm
Soil Water Regime	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month	Wet within 80 cm for 3 to 6 months, but not 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	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	5 %	4 %	4 %	28 %	3 %	3 %	1 %	10 %	2 %	28 %
Sand	47 %	42 %	37 %	35 %	87 %	85 %	20 %	78 %	86 %	35 %
Silt	29 %	38 %	40 %	33 %	9 %	10 %	40 %	13 %	10 %	33 %
Clay	24 %	20 %	23 %	32 %	4 %	5 %	40 %	9 %	4 %	32 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Clay	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.54 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.83 %	1.06 %	1.07 %	39.4 %	2.18 %	2.02 %	33.63 %	0.57 %	1.97 %	39.4 %
PH	6.3	5.6	6.2	5.6	4.4	4.3	4.3	6.3	4.4	5.6
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	46 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	101 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	16 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	93 %	67 %	88 %	75 %	11 %	17 %	62 %	74 %	18 %	75 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	14.9 cmol kg⁻¹	8.4 cmol kg⁻¹	10.2 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	31.4 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	3.6 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	3 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	0 %	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
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	6 %	4 %	5 %	5 %	4 %	3 %	2 %	20 %	3 %	5 %
Sand	39 %	33 %	36 %	52 %	88 %	86 %	47 %	64 %	85 %	52 %
Silt	27 %	31 %	36 %	23 %	8 %	10 %	26 %	13 %	10 %	23 %
Clay	34 %	36 %	28 %	25 %	4 %	4 %	27 %	23 %	5 %	25 %
USDA Texture	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Sand	Loamy sand	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Loamy sand	Sandy clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.33 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.74 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.65 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	1.55 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.28 %	0.43 %	0.37 %	38.46 %	0.39 %	0.51 %	32.89 %	0.3 %	0.91 %	38.46 %
PH	7	6.3	6.6	5.8	5	4.8	4.6	6.4	4.9	5.8
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	44 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	16 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	99 %	89 %	90 %	96 %	21 %	21 %	40 %	81 %	21 %	96 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	15.9 cmol kg⁻¹	15.2 cmol kg⁻¹	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹	6.9 cmol kg⁻¹	1.7 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.4 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	4 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	0 %	1 %	3 %	3 %	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