World Species : Protected Area : Haute Soule : Forêt d'Iraty, Orgambidexka et Pic des Escaliers.

Haute Soule : Forêt d'Iraty, Orgambidexka et Pic des Escaliers.

Location:	France
Area:	13,796 acres (5,583 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

Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A			B			C				D

Share	50 %	30 %	20 %	50 %	30 %	20 %	60 %	20 %	15 %	5 %	50 %	20 %	15 %	15 %
Soil Type	Humic Cambisols	Calcaric Phaeozems	Rendzic Leptosols	Calcaric Cambisols	Eutric Cambisols	Eutric Regosols	Eutric Cambisols	Haplic Luvisols	Rendzic Leptosols	Calcaric Phaeozems	Humic Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Umbric Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Fine	Coarse	Coarse	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	10 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Well	Well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	50 mm	100 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	50 mm	150 m	15 m	15 m	15 mm	0 mm
Phase 1											Lithic	Lithic	Gravelly	Gravelly
Phase 2											Gravelly	Gravelly
Root Obstacle	60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm		40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm		None to 80 cm	20 - 40 cm	20 - 40 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		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		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	8 %	3 %	20 %	5 %	10 %	48 %	9 %	4 %	16 %	3 %	8 %	10 %	6 %	21 %
Sand	41 %	35 %	19 %	76 %	77 %	26 %	42 %	41 %	37 %	35 %	41 %	42 %	49 %	42 %
Silt	36 %	43 %	37 %	12 %	14 %	30 %	36 %	37 %	44 %	43 %	36 %	38 %	31 %	34 %
Clay	23 %	22 %	44 %	12 %	9 %	44 %	22 %	22 %	19 %	22 %	23 %	20 %	20 %	24 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Clay	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Clay	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.55 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.1 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.48 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	2.72 %	1.37 %	2.1 %	0.36 %	0.7 %	1.89 %	1 %	0.74 %	2.13 %	1.37 %	2.72 %	1.45 %	2.4 %	1.61 %
PH	5.3	7.9	7.7	8.2	6.9	6.1	6.6	6.5	7.5	7.9	5.3	5.1	5.1	7.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	52 cmol kg⁻¹	67 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹	67 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	21 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	25 %	100 %	100 %	97 %	91 %	62 %	93 %	91 %	100 %	100 %	25 %	38 %	36 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	5.4 cmol kg⁻¹	25.8 cmol kg⁻¹	34.5 cmol kg⁻¹	8.4 cmol kg⁻¹	6.7 cmol kg⁻¹	12.9 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹	25.8 cmol kg⁻¹	5.4 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	3.4 %	15 %	3 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	6 %	3.4 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	1 %	1 %	7 %	2 %	0 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	4 %	3 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.2 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	0.2 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	6 %	5 %		9 %	20 %	33 %	12 %	3 %		5 %	6 %	19 %
Sand	44 %	35 %		70 %	67 %	24 %	41 %	37 %		35 %	44 %	45 %
Silt	32 %	44 %		14 %	16 %	27 %	34 %	34 %		44 %	32 %	35 %
Clay	24 %	21 %		16 %	17 %	49 %	25 %	29 %		21 %	24 %	20 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam		Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Clay	Loam	Clay loam		Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³		1.5 g/cm³	1.48 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³		1.39 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.16 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³		1.43 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³		1.44 g/cm³	1.16 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.07 %	0.48 %		0.34 %	0.4 %	0.61 %	0.37 %	0.36 %		0.48 %	1.07 %	0.5 %
PH	5.3	8.2		8	7.3	6.4	7	6.7		8.2	5.3	5.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	37 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹		36 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹		71 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	14 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹		22 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹		14 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	30 %	100 %		84 %	91 %	55 %	93 %	93 %		100 %	30 %	33 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	22.2 cmol kg⁻¹		7.9 cmol kg⁻¹	9.3 cmol kg⁻¹	11.6 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹		22.2 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	11.4 %		5.5 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %		11.4 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %		4 %	2 %	0 %	2 %	1 %		2 %	2 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	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

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