World Species : Protected Area : Lac de Grand Lieu

Lac de Grand Lieu

Location:	France
Area:	14,199 acres (5,746 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

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A		B				C			D

Share	70 %	30 %	70 %	20 %	5 %	5 %	90 %	5 %	5 %
Soil Type	Dystric Cambisols	Gleyic Luvisols	Dystric Cambisols	Cambic Podzols	Lithic Leptosols	Umbric Leptosols	Eutric Podzoluvisols	Gleyic Luvisols	Haplic Luvisols	Fibric Histosols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Very poor
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	15 m	50 m	0 mm	15 mm	100 m	100 m	150 m	150 m
Phase 1			Lithic	Stony	Stony	Stony
Phase 2			Stony
Root Obstacle	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
Impermeable Layer	80 - 150 cm	80 - 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm			40 - 80 cm	40 - 80 cm	80 - 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 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	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	5 %	10 %	3 %	21 %	10 %	1 %	5 %	4 %	1 %
Sand	42 %	47 %	75 %	85 %	73 %	79 %	35 %	47 %	41 %	20 %
Silt	38 %	29 %	15 %	10 %	18 %	13 %	54 %	29 %	37 %	40 %
Clay	20 %	24 %	10 %	5 %	9 %	8 %	11 %	24 %	22 %	40 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Silt loam	Loam	Loam	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.3 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.45 %	0.83 %	0.7 %	2.02 %	1.4 %	2.59 %	1.2 %	0.83 %	0.74 %	33.63 %
PH	5.1	6.3	5.1	4.3	7.5	4.7	5.4	6.3	6.5	4.3
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	32 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	85 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	38 %	93 %	28 %	17 %	86 %	86 %	55 %	93 %	91 %	62 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	14.9 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	14.9 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	31.4 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 %	2 %	5 %	0 %	1 %	0 %	0 %	2 %	1 %	2 %
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	19 %	6 %	9 %	3 %			4 %	6 %	3 %	2 %
Sand	45 %	39 %	68 %	86 %			37 %	39 %	37 %	47 %
Silt	35 %	27 %	17 %	10 %			43 %	27 %	34 %	26 %
Clay	20 %	34 %	15 %	4 %			20 %	34 %	29 %	27 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Clay loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand			Loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Sandy clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.42 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³			1.4 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.36 g/cm³	1.65 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³			1.61 g/cm³	1.65 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.5 %	0.28 %	0.27 %	0.51 %			0.25 %	0.28 %	0.36 %	32.89 %
PH	5.2	7	5	4.8			5.3	7	6.7	4.6
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	35 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹			63 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	9 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹			9 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	33 %	99 %	36 %	21 %			59 %	99 %	93 %	40 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	15.9 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹			4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	15.9 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0.4 %	0 %	0 %			0 %	0.4 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %			0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %	5 %	0 %			0 %	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

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