World Species : Protected Area : Puydarrieux

Puydarrieux

Location:	France
Area:	633 acres (256 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

Share	50 %	30 %	20 %	70 %	20 %	10 %
Soil Type	Dystric Cambisols	Haplic Luvisols	Gleyic Luvisols	Eutric Podzoluvisols	Haplic Luvisols	Calcaric Cambisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	75 m
Phase 1						Stony
Root Obstacle	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 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	80 - 150 cm	80 - 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	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
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	4 %	5 %	1 %	4 %	5 %
Sand	42 %	41 %	47 %	35 %	41 %	19 %
Silt	38 %	37 %	29 %	54 %	37 %	32 %
Clay	20 %	22 %	24 %	11 %	22 %	49 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Loam	Silt loam	Loam	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.3 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.45 %	0.74 %	0.83 %	1.2 %	0.74 %	0.87 %
PH	5.1	6.5	6.3	5.4	6.5	7.8
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	32 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	12 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	38 %	91 %	93 %	55 %	91 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	14.9 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	46.6 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	4.9 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	2 %	0 %	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	0.2 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	19 %	3 %	6 %	4 %	3 %	5 %
Sand	45 %	37 %	39 %	37 %	37 %	23 %
Silt	35 %	34 %	27 %	43 %	34 %	35 %
Clay	20 %	29 %	34 %	20 %	29 %	42 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Loam	Clay loam	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.42 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.36 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.65 g/cm³	1.61 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.5 %	0.36 %	0.28 %	0.25 %	0.36 %	0.39 %
PH	5.2	6.7	7	5.3	6.7	8.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	35 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	58 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	9 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	26 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	33 %	93 %	99 %	59 %	93 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	15.9 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	44.8 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0.4 %	0 %	0 %	11.2 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	2 %	0 %	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	0.2 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