World Species : Protected Area : Baie de Morlaix

Baie de Morlaix

Location:	France
Area:	67,680 acres (27,389 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate 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				E

Share		90 %	10 %	50 %	30 %	20 %	50 %	30 %	15 %	5 %	70 %	20 %	10 %
Soil Type	Eutric Regosols	Umbric Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Eutric Cambisols	Eutric Cambisols	Calcaric Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Haplic Luvisols	Dystric Cambisols	Umbric Leptosols	Haplic Luvisols	Eutric Podzoluvisols	Gleyic Cambisols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	30 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor
Available Water Capacity	100 m	15 mm	0 mm	150 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	15 mm	150 m	100 m	50 m
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		None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm
Impermeable Layer	None to 150 cm			None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm		None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	0 - 40 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	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		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
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	15 %	10 %	21 %	9 %	9 %	6 %	10 %	4 %	10 %	6 %	4 %	1 %	4 %
Sand	83 %	79 %	73 %	42 %	42 %	36 %	42 %	41 %	42 %	49 %	41 %	35 %	45 %
Silt	11 %	13 %	18 %	36 %	36 %	43 %	38 %	37 %	38 %	31 %	37 %	54 %	36 %
Clay	6 %	8 %	9 %	22 %	22 %	21 %	20 %	22 %	20 %	20 %	22 %	11 %	19 %
USDA Texture	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Silt loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.67 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.3 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.5 %	2.59 %	1.4 %	1 %	1 %	0.65 %	1.45 %	0.74 %	1.45 %	2.4 %	0.74 %	1.2 %	1 %
PH	6.6	4.7	7.5	6.6	6.6	8	5.1	6.5	5.1	5.1	6.5	5.4	6.4
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	50 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	85 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	5 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	93 %	86 %	86 %	93 %	93 %	100 %	38 %	91 %	38 %	36 %	91 %	55 %	85 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	4.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	24.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	8.2 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	7 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	0 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	4 %	1 %	0 %	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	0.4 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
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	22 %			12 %	12 %	10 %	19 %	3 %	19 %		3 %	4 %	18 %
Sand	80 %			41 %	41 %	34 %	45 %	37 %	45 %		37 %	37 %	39 %
Silt	11 %			34 %	34 %	43 %	35 %	34 %	35 %		34 %	43 %	34 %
Clay	9 %			25 %	25 %	23 %	20 %	29 %	20 %		29 %	20 %	27 %
USDA Texture	Loamy sand			Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay loam	Loam		Clay loam	Loam	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.6 g/cm³			1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³		1.35 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.22 g/cm³			1.39 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³		1.51 g/cm³	1.61 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.3 %			0.37 %	0.37 %	0.43 %	0.5 %	0.36 %	0.5 %		0.36 %	0.25 %	0.47 %
PH	6.7			7	7	8.1	5.2	6.7	5.2		6.7	5.3	6.7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	44 cmol kg⁻¹			55 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹		50 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	4 cmol kg⁻¹			15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹		14 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	76 %			93 %	93 %	100 %	33 %	93 %	33 %		93 %	59 %	88 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2.8 cmol kg⁻¹			15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	28.7 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹		13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	11.3 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %			0.1 %	0.1 %	8.7 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0.1 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %			0 %	0 %	0.4 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %			2 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %		1 %	0 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1			0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 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