World Species : Protected Area : PLAINE DE LA MOTHE-SAINT-HERAY-LEZAY

PLAINE DE LA MOTHE-SAINT-HERAY-LEZAY

Location:	France
Area:	60,417 acres (24,450 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 %	20 %	50 %	30 %	20 %	50 %	30 %	20 %
Soil Type	Rendzic Leptosols	Chromic Cambisols	Eutric Vertisols	Chromic Cambisols	Chromic Cambisols	Chromic Luvisols	Chromic Luvisols	Chromic Cambisols	Rendzic Leptosols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm
Drainage	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly
Available Water Capacity	15 mm	150 m	75 m	100 m	75 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	15 mm
Phase 1	Stony		Stony	Stony	Stony				Stony
Root Obstacle		40 - 60 cm	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	60 - 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	60 - 80 cm
Impermeable Layer		None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 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	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	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
Misc. Property			Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	16 %	10 %	7 %	10 %	2 %	12 %	12 %	10 %	16 %
Sand	37 %	49 %	44 %	49 %	21 %	48 %	48 %	49 %	37 %
Silt	44 %	28 %	27 %	28 %	29 %	28 %	28 %	28 %	44 %
Clay	19 %	23 %	29 %	23 %	50 %	24 %	24 %	23 %	19 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Clay loam	Loam	Clay	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.24 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	2.13 %	0.98 %	1.5 %	0.98 %	1.43 %	0.83 %	0.83 %	0.98 %	2.13 %
PH	7.5	6.6	6.7	6.6	6.8	6.3	6.3	6.6	7.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	80 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	59 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	27 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	83 %	86 %	83 %	94 %	88 %	88 %	83 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹	11.6 cmol kg⁻¹	19.5 cmol kg⁻¹	11.6 cmol kg⁻¹	22.9 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	11.6 cmol kg⁻¹	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	6 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.2 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	6 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	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
Subsoil Properties
Gravel		9 %	3 %	9 %	4 %	8 %	8 %	9 %
Sand		47 %	40 %	47 %	21 %	41 %	41 %	47 %
Silt		26 %	23 %	26 %	28 %	25 %	25 %	26 %
Clay		27 %	37 %	27 %	51 %	34 %	34 %	27 %
USDA Texture		Sandy clay loam	Clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay	Clay loam	Clay loam	Sandy clay loam
Reference Bulk Density		1.38 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density		1.44 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³
Organic Carbon		0.47 %	0.65 %	0.47 %	0.58 %	0.4 %	0.4 %	0.47 %
PH		6.7	7.2	6.7	7.2	6.4	6.4	6.7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity		44 cmol kg⁻¹	67 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity		15 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation		92 %	90 %	92 %	96 %	90 %	90 %	92 %
Total Exchangeable Bases		11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	23.9 cmol kg⁻¹	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	19.5 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate		0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.4 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %
Calcium Sulphate		0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium		1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	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

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