World Species : Protected Area : Vallées de la Loire et de l'Allier entre Mornay-sur-Allier et Neuvy-sur-Loire

Vallées de la Loire et de l'Allier entre Mornay-sur-Allier et Neuvy-sur-Loire

Location:	France
Area:	34,138 acres (13,815 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

Atlantic mixed forests
Western European broadleaf forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A			B			C

Share	70 %	20 %	10 %	50 %	40 %	10 %	50 %	30 %	20 %
Soil Type	Calcaric Fluvisols	Calcic Gleysols	Terric Histosols	Eutric Cambisols	Calcaric Cambisols	Rendzic Leptosols	Calcaric Cambisols	Eutric Cambisols	Rendzic Leptosols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Fine	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm
Drainage	Poor	Poor	Very poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	15 mm	100 m	150 m	15 mm
Phase 1				Stony	Stony	Stony			Stony
Root Obstacle	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm		None to 80 cm	40 - 60 cm
Impermeable Layer	None to 150 cm	80 - 150 cm	80 - 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm		40 - 80 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	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	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	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	4 %	28 %	9 %	6 %	16 %	5 %	10 %	16 %
Sand	79 %	41 %	35 %	42 %	36 %	37 %	19 %	23 %	37 %
Silt	15 %	40 %	33 %	36 %	43 %	44 %	32 %	29 %	44 %
Clay	6 %	19 %	32 %	22 %	21 %	19 %	49 %	48 %	19 %
USDA Texture	Loamy sand	Loam	Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay	Clay	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.66 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.41 %	1.3 %	39.4 %	1 %	0.65 %	2.13 %	0.87 %	1.17 %	2.13 %
PH	8.3	7	5.6	6.6	8	7.5	7.8	6.7	7.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	109 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	6 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	82 %	75 %	93 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	89 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	11 cmol kg⁻¹	8.8 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	24.3 cmol kg⁻¹	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹	46.6 cmol kg⁻¹	22.1 cmol kg⁻¹	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	9.1 %	1 %	0 %	0 %	7 %	6 %	4.9 %	0.1 %	6 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	4 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.4 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	0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	5 %	5 %	12 %	10 %		5 %	24 %
Sand	79 %	44 %	52 %	41 %	34 %		23 %	26 %
Silt	15 %	37 %	23 %	34 %	43 %		35 %	29 %
Clay	6 %	19 %	25 %	25 %	23 %		42 %	45 %
USDA Texture	Loamy sand	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Loam		Clay	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.66 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³		1.26 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.5 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³		1.35 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.17 %	0.44 %	38.46 %	0.37 %	0.43 %		0.39 %	0.58 %
PH	8.3	7.2	5.8	7	8.1		8.1	7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	137 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹		58 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	6 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹		26 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	94 %	86 %	96 %	93 %	100 %		100 %	97 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	13.9 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	28.7 cmol kg⁻¹		44.8 cmol kg⁻¹	25.9 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	9.9 %	1 %	0 %	0.1 %	8.7 %		11.2 %	0.3 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.4 %		0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	4 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %		2 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.4 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1		0.2 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