World Species : Protected Area : Plateau ardennais

Plateau ardennais

Location:	France
Area:	186,972 acres (75,665 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				D		E				F				G			H

Share	80 %	5 %	5 %	5 %	5 %	70 %	20 %	10 %	50 %	20 %	15 %	15 %	70 %	30 %	70 %	20 %	5 %	5 %	45 %	35 %	15 %	5 %	85 %	10 %	5 %	85 %	10 %	5 %
Soil Type	Luvic Arenosols	Haplic Luvisols	Haplic Podzols	Lithic Leptosols	Eutric Fluvisols	Calcaric Fluvisols	Calcic Gleysols	Terric Histosols	Eutric Cambisols	Gleyic Luvisols	Eutric Cambisols	Eutric Cambisols	Gleyic Luvisols	Gleyic Podzoluvisols	Dystric Cambisols	Cambic Podzols	Lithic Leptosols	Umbric Leptosols	Haplic Luvisols	Dystric Cambisols	Eutric Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Dystric Cambisols	Cambic Podzols	Lithic Leptosols	Dystric Cambisols	Gleyic Cambisols	Umbric Leptosols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Fine	Medium	Fine	Fine	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Imperfectly	Poor	Poor	Poor	Very poor	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Poor	Imperfectly
Available Water Capacity	100 m	150 m	50 m	15 mm	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	15 m	50 m	0 mm	15 mm	150 m	150 m	150 m	15 mm	50 m	50 m	15 mm	50 m	150 m	15 mm
Phase 1			Stony	Stony											Lithic	Stony	Stony	Stony				Stony	Gravelly	Gravelly		Stony	Fragipan	Stony
Phase 2															Stony											Gravelly
Root Obstacle	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 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	None to 80 cm	20 - 40 cm	40 - 60 cm			None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm		None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm		60 - 80 cm	40 - 60 cm
Impermeable Layer	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm			None to 150 cm	80 - 150 cm	80 - 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm			80 - 150 cm	80 - 150 cm	80 - 150 cm		80 - 150 cm	None to 150 cm		None to 150 cm	80 - 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 40 cm depth 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 over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm 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 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 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	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	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	3 %	4 %	3 %	21 %	4 %	10 %	4 %	28 %	10 %	5 %	10 %	10 %	5 %	1 %	10 %	3 %	21 %	10 %	4 %	10 %	9 %	21 %	10 %	15 %	21 %	10 %	4 %	6 %
Sand	90 %	82 %	87 %	42 %	39 %	79 %	41 %	35 %	23 %	47 %	23 %	23 %	47 %	32 %	75 %	85 %	73 %	79 %	41 %	42 %	42 %	42 %	42 %	48 %	42 %	42 %	45 %	49 %
Silt	5 %	8 %	9 %	34 %	40 %	15 %	40 %	33 %	29 %	29 %	29 %	29 %	29 %	49 %	15 %	10 %	18 %	13 %	37 %	38 %	36 %	34 %	38 %	40 %	34 %	38 %	36 %	31 %
Clay	5 %	10 %	4 %	24 %	21 %	6 %	19 %	32 %	48 %	24 %	48 %	48 %	24 %	19 %	10 %	5 %	9 %	8 %	22 %	20 %	22 %	24 %	20 %	12 %	24 %	20 %	19 %	20 %
USDA Texture	Sand	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Loam	Loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Clay loam	Clay	Loam	Clay	Clay	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.71 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.66 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.5 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	0.96 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.39 %	0.4 %	2.18 %	1.61 %	0.86 %	0.41 %	1.3 %	39.4 %	1.17 %	0.83 %	1.17 %	1.17 %	0.83 %	2.22 %	0.7 %	2.02 %	1.4 %	2.59 %	0.74 %	1.45 %	1 %	1.61 %	1.45 %	3.15 %	1.61 %	1.45 %	1 %	2.4 %
PH	5.8	6.5	4.4	7.5	7.2	8.3	7	5.6	6.7	6.3	6.7	6.7	6.3	5.3	5.1	4.3	7.5	4.7	6.5	5.1	6.6	7.5	5.1	5	7.5	5.1	6.4	5.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	35 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	101 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	109 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	85 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	3 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	76 %	89 %	11 %	100 %	91 %	100 %	82 %	75 %	89 %	93 %	89 %	89 %	93 %	55 %	28 %	17 %	86 %	86 %	91 %	38 %	93 %	100 %	38 %	10 %	100 %	38 %	85 %	36 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.9 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	16.9 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	8.8 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	22.1 cmol kg⁻¹	14.9 cmol kg⁻¹	22.1 cmol kg⁻¹	22.1 cmol kg⁻¹	14.9 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.4 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	8.2 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0.5 %	9.1 %	1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	2 %	4 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	0 %	5 %	0 %	1 %	0 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	3 %	2 %	0 %	3 %	2 %	2 %	4 %
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	0.4 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	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	4 %	6 %	4 %		7 %	10 %	5 %	5 %	24 %	6 %	24 %	24 %	6 %	4 %	9 %	3 %			3 %	19 %	12 %		19 %	17 %		19 %	18 %
Sand	87 %	75 %	88 %		41 %	79 %	44 %	52 %	26 %	39 %	26 %	26 %	39 %	25 %	68 %	86 %			37 %	45 %	41 %		45 %	55 %		45 %	39 %
Silt	5 %	8 %	8 %		38 %	15 %	37 %	23 %	29 %	27 %	29 %	29 %	27 %	51 %	17 %	10 %			34 %	35 %	34 %		35 %	33 %		35 %	34 %
Clay	8 %	17 %	4 %		21 %	6 %	19 %	25 %	45 %	34 %	45 %	45 %	34 %	24 %	15 %	4 %			29 %	20 %	25 %		20 %	12 %		20 %	27 %
USDA Texture	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Sand		Loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay	Clay loam	Clay	Clay	Clay loam	Silt loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand			Clay loam	Loam	Loam		Loam	Sandy loam		Loam	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.63 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.74 g/cm³		1.4 g/cm³	1.66 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³			1.35 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³		1.42 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³		1.42 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.5 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³		1.39 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.65 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.65 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³			1.51 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³		1.36 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³		1.36 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.2 %	0.24 %	0.39 %		0.38 %	0.17 %	0.44 %	38.46 %	0.58 %	0.28 %	0.58 %	0.58 %	0.28 %	0.5 %	0.27 %	0.51 %			0.36 %	0.5 %	0.37 %		0.5 %	1.13 %		0.5 %	0.47 %
PH	5.7	6.5	5		7.5	8.3	7.2	5.8	7	7	7	7	7	5.4	5	4.8			6.7	5.2	7		5.2	5.1		5.2	6.7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	34 cmol kg⁻¹	53 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹		61 cmol kg⁻¹	137 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹			50 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹		35 cmol kg⁻¹	65 cmol kg⁻¹		35 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	3 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹		14 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹			14 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹		9 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹		9 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	75 %	88 %	21 %		96 %	94 %	86 %	96 %	97 %	99 %	97 %	97 %	99 %	59 %	36 %	21 %			93 %	33 %	93 %		33 %	13 %		33 %	88 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2.3 cmol kg⁻¹	8.1 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹		15.2 cmol kg⁻¹	13.9 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹	25.9 cmol kg⁻¹	15.9 cmol kg⁻¹	25.9 cmol kg⁻¹	25.9 cmol kg⁻¹	15.9 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹			13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹		2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	0.8 cmol kg⁻¹		2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	11.3 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %		2.5 %	9.9 %	1 %	0 %	0.3 %	0.4 %	0.3 %	0.3 %	0.4 %	0 %	0 %	0 %			0 %	0 %	0.1 %		0 %	0 %		0 %	0.1 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %			0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	1 %	3 %		3 %	4 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	0 %	5 %	0 %			1 %	2 %	2 %		2 %	0 %		2 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1		0.1 dS m-1	0.4 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		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