World Species : Protected Area : Vallée de la Garonne de Muret à Moissac

Vallée de la Garonne de Muret à Moissac

Location:	France
Area:	11,127 acres (4,503 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
Western European broadleaf forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A			B					C			D			E

Share	50 %	30 %	20 %	50 %	30 %	10 %	5 %	5 %	50 %	30 %	20 %	70 %	20 %	10 %	70 %	20 %	10 %
Soil Type	Calcaric Fluvisols	Calcaric Fluvisols	Eutric Fluvisols	Calcaric Cambisols	Rendzic Leptosols	Haplic Luvisols	Eutric Cambisols	Gleyic Podzoluvisols	Haplic Luvisols	Gleyic Luvisols	Eutric Cambisols	Eutric Podzoluvisols	Gleyic Luvisols	Eutric Cambisols	Eutric Podzoluvisols	Haplic Luvisols	Calcaric Cambisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Fine	Medium	Fine	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Fine
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	15 mm	100 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	75 m
Phase 1					Stony												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	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	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	None to 150 cm		40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 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	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	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	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	15 %	15 %	4 %	5 %	20 %	4 %	10 %	1 %	4 %	4 %	9 %	1 %	5 %	10 %	1 %	4 %	5 %
Sand	34 %	34 %	39 %	19 %	19 %	41 %	23 %	32 %	82 %	80 %	42 %	35 %	47 %	23 %	35 %	41 %	19 %
Silt	48 %	48 %	40 %	32 %	37 %	37 %	29 %	49 %	8 %	11 %	36 %	54 %	29 %	29 %	54 %	37 %	32 %
Clay	18 %	18 %	21 %	49 %	44 %	22 %	48 %	19 %	10 %	9 %	22 %	11 %	24 %	48 %	11 %	22 %	49 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay	Clay	Loam	Clay	Loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Loam	Silt loam	Loam	Clay	Silt loam	Loam	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.6 %	0.6 %	0.86 %	0.87 %	2.1 %	0.74 %	1.17 %	2.22 %	0.4 %	0.63 %	1 %	1.2 %	0.83 %	1.17 %	1.2 %	0.74 %	0.87 %
PH	8	8	7.2	7.8	7.7	6.5	6.7	5.3	6.5	6.5	6.6	5.4	6.3	6.7	5.4	6.5	7.8
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	68 cmol kg⁻¹	68 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	14 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	100 %	91 %	100 %	100 %	91 %	89 %	55 %	89 %	83 %	93 %	55 %	93 %	89 %	55 %	91 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	19.8 cmol kg⁻¹	19.8 cmol kg⁻¹	16.9 cmol kg⁻¹	46.6 cmol kg⁻¹	34.5 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	22.1 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	5.9 cmol kg⁻¹	6.1 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	14.9 cmol kg⁻¹	22.1 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	46.6 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	11.7 %	11.7 %	0.5 %	4.9 %	15 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	4.9 %
Calcium Sulphate	0.2 %	0.2 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	3 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	0 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	0 %	2 %	1 %	0 %	1 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.7 dS m-1	0.7 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	0.1 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	0.2 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	10 %	7 %	5 %		3 %	24 %	4 %	6 %	5 %	12 %	4 %	6 %	24 %	4 %	3 %	5 %
Sand	36 %	36 %	41 %	23 %		37 %	26 %	25 %	75 %	68 %	41 %	37 %	39 %	26 %	37 %	37 %	23 %
Silt	46 %	46 %	38 %	35 %		34 %	29 %	51 %	8 %	10 %	34 %	43 %	27 %	29 %	43 %	34 %	35 %
Clay	18 %	18 %	21 %	42 %		29 %	45 %	24 %	17 %	22 %	25 %	20 %	34 %	45 %	20 %	29 %	42 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay		Clay loam	Clay	Silt loam	Sandy loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Loam	Clay loam	Clay	Loam	Clay loam	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³		1.35 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³		1.51 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.55 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.61 g/cm³	1.65 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.61 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.4 %	0.4 %	0.38 %	0.39 %		0.36 %	0.58 %	0.5 %	0.24 %	0.3 %	0.37 %	0.25 %	0.28 %	0.58 %	0.25 %	0.36 %	0.39 %
PH	8.1	8.1	7.5	8.1		6.7	7	5.4	6.5	6.4	7	5.3	7	7	5.3	6.7	8.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	84 cmol kg⁻¹	84 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹	58 cmol kg⁻¹		50 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	53 cmol kg⁻¹	43 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	58 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	13 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	26 cmol kg⁻¹		14 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	26 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	100 %	96 %	100 %		93 %	97 %	59 %	88 %	80 %	93 %	59 %	99 %	97 %	59 %	93 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	20.7 cmol kg⁻¹	20.7 cmol kg⁻¹	15.2 cmol kg⁻¹	44.8 cmol kg⁻¹		13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	25.9 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	8.1 cmol kg⁻¹	5.9 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	15.9 cmol kg⁻¹	25.9 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	44.8 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	12.2 %	12.2 %	2.5 %	11.2 %		0 %	0.3 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.4 %	0.3 %	0 %	0 %	11.2 %
Calcium Sulphate	0.2 %	0.2 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	3 %	3 %	2 %		1 %	1 %	0 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	0 %	2 %	1 %	0 %	1 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.5 dS m-1	0.5 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	0.1 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	0.2 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