World Species : Protected Area : Corniche de Pail, forêt de Multonne

Corniche de Pail, forêt de Multonne

Location:	France
Area:	3,588 acres (1,452 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

Share	50 %	30 %	15 %	5 %	50 %	30 %	15 %	5 %	70 %	10 %	10 %	5 %	5 %
Soil Type	Eutric Cambisols	Haplic Luvisols	Gleyic Podzoluvisols	Gleyic Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Haplic Luvisols	Dystric Cambisols	Umbric Leptosols	Haplic Podzols	Cambic Podzols	Dystric Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Umbric Leptosols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	30 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Well	Moderately well	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	15 mm	100 m	100 m	75 m	0 mm	15 mm
Phase 1												Stony	Stony
Root Obstacle	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	None to 80 cm	60 - 80 cm		40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm
Impermeable Layer	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm		None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 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	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		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
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	9 %	4 %	1 %	4 %	10 %	4 %	10 %	6 %	3 %	3 %	10 %	21 %	10 %
Sand	42 %	41 %	32 %	45 %	42 %	41 %	42 %	49 %	87 %	85 %	75 %	73 %	79 %
Silt	36 %	37 %	49 %	36 %	38 %	37 %	38 %	31 %	9 %	10 %	15 %	18 %	13 %
Clay	22 %	22 %	19 %	19 %	20 %	22 %	20 %	20 %	4 %	5 %	10 %	9 %	8 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand
Reference Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.37 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1 %	0.74 %	2.22 %	1 %	1.45 %	0.74 %	1.45 %	2.4 %	2.18 %	2.02 %	0.7 %	1.4 %	2.59 %
PH	6.6	6.5	5.3	6.4	5.1	6.5	5.1	5.1	4.4	4.3	5.1	7.5	4.7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	55 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	101 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	85 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	16 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	93 %	91 %	55 %	85 %	38 %	91 %	38 %	36 %	11 %	17 %	28 %	86 %	86 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	14 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	8.2 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	0 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	4 %	1 %	0 %	5 %	1 %	0 %
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	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	12 %	3 %	4 %	18 %	19 %	3 %	19 %		4 %	3 %	9 %
Sand	41 %	37 %	25 %	39 %	45 %	37 %	45 %		88 %	86 %	68 %
Silt	34 %	34 %	51 %	34 %	35 %	34 %	35 %		8 %	10 %	17 %
Clay	25 %	29 %	24 %	27 %	20 %	29 %	20 %		4 %	4 %	15 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Clay loam	Silt loam	Clay loam	Loam	Clay loam	Loam		Sand	Loamy sand	Sandy loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.38 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³		1.74 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³		1.51 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.37 %	0.36 %	0.5 %	0.47 %	0.5 %	0.36 %	0.5 %		0.39 %	0.51 %	0.27 %
PH	7	6.7	5.4	6.7	5.2	6.7	5.2		5	4.8	5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	55 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹		66 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	15 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹		2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	93 %	93 %	59 %	88 %	33 %	93 %	33 %		21 %	21 %	36 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	11.3 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹		1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	0 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	2 %		3 %	0 %	5 %
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