World Species : Protected Area : Ses Salines d'Eivissa i Formentera

Ses Salines d'Eivissa i Formentera

Location:	Spain
Area:	40,611 acres (16,435 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Csa (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: summer dry; Temperature: hot summer)
Natura 2000 Data Sheet:	View Data Sheet Explanatory notes

Ecoregions

Northeastern Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A				B				C

Share	50 %	25 %	20 %	5 %	70 %	20 %	5 %	5 %	60 %	20 %	20 %
Soil Type	Calcaric Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Rendzic Leptosols	Chromic Luvisols	Calcaric Cambisols	Calcaric Regosols	Chromic Luvisols	Haplic Solonchaks	Calcaric Cambisols	Chromic Luvisols	Lithic Leptosols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Fine	Fine	Fine	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	10 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm
Drainage	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly
Available Water Capacity	50 m	15 mm	50 mm	50 m	50 m	15 m	50 m	50 m	15 m	15 m	15 mm
Phase 1	Lithic	Stony		Lithic	Gravelly	Gravelly	Gravelly	Saline	Stony	Stony	Stony
Phase 2					Petrocalcic		Petrocalcic	Gravelly	Lithic	Lithic
Root Obstacle	60 - 80 cm			40 - 60 cm	None to 80 cm	20 - 40 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm
Impermeable Layer	None to 150 cm			None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 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	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	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
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	6 %	21 %	16 %	4 %	5 %	48 %	4 %	4 %	6 %	12 %	21 %
Sand	36 %	42 %	37 %	27 %	19 %	22 %	27 %	19 %	36 %	48 %	42 %
Silt	43 %	34 %	44 %	27 %	32 %	36 %	27 %	29 %	43 %	28 %	34 %
Clay	21 %	24 %	19 %	46 %	49 %	42 %	46 %	52 %	21 %	24 %	24 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay	Clay	Clay	Clay	Clay	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.65 %	1.61 %	2.13 %	1.2 %	0.87 %	1.83 %	1.2 %	0.54 %	0.65 %	0.83 %	1.61 %
PH	8	7.5	7.5	6.3	7.8	7.6	6.3	8.9	8	6.3	7.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	52 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	100 %	100 %	79 %	100 %	62 %	79 %	100 %	100 %	88 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	24.3 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹	13.4 cmol kg⁻¹	46.6 cmol kg⁻¹	12.9 cmol kg⁻¹	13.4 cmol kg⁻¹	46.5 cmol kg⁻¹	24.3 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	7 %	3.9 %	6 %	0 %	4.9 %	3 %	0 %	3 %	7 %	0 %	3.9 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0.4 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	3 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	43 %	1 %	1 %	3 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.4 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	5.9 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %			6 %	5 %	33 %	6 %	6 %	10 %	8 %
Sand	34 %			21 %	23 %	21 %	21 %	33 %	34 %	41 %
Silt	43 %			25 %	35 %	36 %	25 %	28 %	43 %	25 %
Clay	23 %			54 %	42 %	43 %	54 %	39 %	23 %	34 %
USDA Texture	Loam			Clay	Clay	Clay	Clay	Clay	Loam	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.38 g/cm³			1.22 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.45 g/cm³			1.4 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.43 %			0.58 %	0.39 %	0.5 %	0.58 %	0.38 %	0.43 %	0.4 %
PH	8.1			6.4	8.1	7.8	6.4	9	8.1	6.4
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	54 cmol kg⁻¹			33 cmol kg⁻¹	58 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	16 cmol kg⁻¹			20 cmol kg⁻¹	26 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %			83 %	100 %	55 %	83 %	100 %	100 %	90 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	28.7 cmol kg⁻¹			13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	44.8 cmol kg⁻¹	11.6 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	55.3 cmol kg⁻¹	28.7 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	8.7 %			0 %	11.2 %	3 %	0 %	3 %	8.7 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0.4 %			0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.5 %	0.4 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %			1 %	2 %	3 %	1 %	42 %	1 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.3 dS m-1			0.1 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	14.8 dS m-1	0.3 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