World Species : Protected Area : PLATEAU DE MILLEVACHES

PLATEAU DE MILLEVACHES

Location:	France
Area:	163,025 acres (65,974 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

Western European broadleaf forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A		B		C			D			E

Share	70 %	30 %	70 %	30 %	70 %	15 %	15 %	50 %	30 %	20 %
Soil Type	Dystric Cambisols	Humic Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Haplic Luvisols	Dystric Cambisols	Humic Cambisols	Cambic Podzols	Cambic Podzols	Dystric Cambisols	Haplic Podzols	Fibric Histosols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Fine
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Well	Well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Very poor
Available Water Capacity	100 m	100 m	50 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	50 m	50 m	15 m	150 m
Phase 1			Gravelly					Gravelly	Gravelly	Gravelly
Phase 2								Stony	Stony	Stony
Root Obstacle	60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	None to 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	None to 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	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	80 - 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	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 40 cm depth for over 11 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	5 %	10 %	4 %	10 %	8 %	15 %	15 %	10 %	3 %	1 %
Sand	75 %	74 %	42 %	41 %	42 %	41 %	48 %	48 %	42 %	87 %	20 %
Silt	15 %	14 %	38 %	37 %	38 %	36 %	40 %	40 %	38 %	9 %	40 %
Clay	10 %	12 %	20 %	22 %	20 %	23 %	12 %	12 %	20 %	4 %	40 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loamy sand	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.58 g/cm³	1.55 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.49 g/cm³	1.16 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	0.96 g/cm³	0.96 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.7 %	1.58 %	1.45 %	0.74 %	1.45 %	2.72 %	3.15 %	3.15 %	1.45 %	2.18 %	33.63 %
PH	5.1	5.3	5.1	6.5	5.1	5.3	5	5	5.1	4.4	4.3
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	21 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	101 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	5 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	28 %	42 %	38 %	91 %	38 %	25 %	10 %	10 %	38 %	11 %	62 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	6.1 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	5.4 cmol kg⁻¹	4.4 cmol kg⁻¹	4.4 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	31.4 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	5 %	3 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	0 %	0 %	2 %	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	0.1 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 %	9 %	19 %	3 %	19 %	6 %	17 %	17 %	19 %	4 %	2 %
Sand	68 %	72 %	45 %	37 %	45 %	44 %	55 %	55 %	45 %	88 %	47 %
Silt	17 %	12 %	35 %	34 %	35 %	32 %	33 %	33 %	35 %	8 %	26 %
Clay	15 %	16 %	20 %	29 %	20 %	24 %	12 %	12 %	20 %	4 %	27 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Sand	Sandy clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.51 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.74 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.5 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.16 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.27 %	0.76 %	0.5 %	0.36 %	0.5 %	1.07 %	1.13 %	1.13 %	0.5 %	0.39 %	32.89 %
PH	5	6.2	5.2	6.7	5.2	5.3	5.1	5.1	5.2	5	4.6
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	31 cmol kg⁻¹	79 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	65 cmol kg⁻¹	65 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	5 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	36 %	51 %	33 %	93 %	33 %	30 %	13 %	13 %	33 %	21 %	40 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	3.9 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	0.8 cmol kg⁻¹	0.8 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	5 %	0 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	0 %	0 %	2 %	3 %	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	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