World Species : Protected Area : Ouessant-Molène

Ouessant-Molène

Location:	France
Area:	190,983 acres (77,288 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	90 %	10 %	50 %	50 %	50 %	30 %	15 %	5 %	50 %	30 %	15 %	5 %
Soil Type	Umbric Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Umbric Leptosols	Dystric Cambisols	Eutric Cambisols	Haplic Luvisols	Gleyic Podzoluvisols	Gleyic Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Haplic Luvisols	Dystric Cambisols	Umbric Leptosols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	30 cm	10 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly
Available Water Capacity	15 mm	0 mm	15 mm	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	15 mm
Phase 1	Stony	Stony
Root Obstacle				60 - 80 cm	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
Impermeable Layer				None to 150 cm	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
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	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
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	21 %	10 %	10 %	9 %	4 %	1 %	4 %	10 %	4 %	10 %	6 %
Sand	79 %	73 %	79 %	42 %	42 %	41 %	32 %	45 %	42 %	41 %	42 %	49 %
Silt	13 %	18 %	13 %	38 %	36 %	37 %	49 %	36 %	38 %	37 %	38 %	31 %
Clay	8 %	9 %	8 %	20 %	22 %	22 %	19 %	19 %	20 %	22 %	20 %	20 %
USDA Texture	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.62 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	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
Bulk Density	1.45 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	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
Organic Carbon	2.59 %	1.4 %	2.59 %	1.45 %	1 %	0.74 %	2.22 %	1 %	1.45 %	0.74 %	1.45 %	2.4 %
PH	4.7	7.5	4.7	5.1	6.6	6.5	5.3	6.4	5.1	6.5	5.1	5.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	24 cmol kg⁻¹	85 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	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
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	8 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	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
Base Saturation	86 %	86 %	86 %	38 %	93 %	91 %	55 %	85 %	38 %	91 %	38 %	36 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	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
Calcium Carbonate	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 %
Exchangeable Sodium	0 %	1 %	0 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	0 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	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	0.1 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 %	12 %	3 %	4 %	18 %	19 %	3 %	19 %
Sand				45 %	41 %	37 %	25 %	39 %	45 %	37 %	45 %
Silt				35 %	34 %	34 %	51 %	34 %	35 %	34 %	35 %
Clay				20 %	25 %	29 %	24 %	27 %	20 %	29 %	20 %
USDA Texture				Loam	Loam	Clay loam	Silt loam	Clay loam	Loam	Clay loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density				1.42 g/cm³	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
Bulk Density				1.36 g/cm³	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
Organic Carbon				0.5 %	0.37 %	0.36 %	0.5 %	0.47 %	0.5 %	0.36 %	0.5 %
PH				5.2	7	6.7	5.4	6.7	5.2	6.7	5.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity				35 cmol kg⁻¹	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
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity				9 cmol kg⁻¹	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
Base Saturation				33 %	93 %	93 %	59 %	88 %	33 %	93 %	33 %
Total Exchangeable Bases				2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	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
Calcium Carbonate				0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate				0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium				2 %	2 %	1 %	0 %	2 %	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

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