World Species : Protected Area : AVANT-PAYS SAVOYARD

AVANT-PAYS SAVOYARD

Location:	France
Area:	7,722 acres (3,125 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

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A		B			C			D			E

Share	70 %	30 %	50 %	30 %	20 %	50 %	30 %	20 %	50 %	30 %	20 %	70 %	20 %	10 %
Soil Type	Eutric Fluvisols	Terric Histosols	Lithic Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Rendzic Leptosols	Calcaric Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Calcaric Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Calcaric Cambisols	Haplic Luvisols	Eutric Cambisols	Calcaric Cambisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Fine	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	10 cm	10 cm	30 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Poor	Very poor	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	15 mm	15 mm	15 mm	15 mm	75 m	15 mm	150 m	15 mm	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m
Phase 1			Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony
Root Obstacle	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm					40 - 60 cm		40 - 60 cm		40 - 60 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 cm
Impermeable Layer	None to 150 cm	80 - 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	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 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
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	4 %	28 %	21 %	21 %	21 %	20 %	5 %	17 %	6 %	21 %	6 %	4 %	9 %	6 %
Sand	39 %	35 %	42 %	42 %	42 %	19 %	19 %	28 %	36 %	42 %	36 %	41 %	42 %	36 %
Silt	40 %	33 %	34 %	34 %	34 %	37 %	32 %	25 %	43 %	34 %	43 %	37 %	36 %	43 %
Clay	21 %	32 %	24 %	24 %	24 %	44 %	49 %	47 %	21 %	24 %	21 %	22 %	22 %	21 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay	Clay	Clay	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.36 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.86 %	39.4 %	1.61 %	1.61 %	1.61 %	2.1 %	0.87 %	2.3 %	0.65 %	1.61 %	0.65 %	0.74 %	1 %	0.65 %
PH	7.2	5.6	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.7	7.8	7.5	8	7.5	8	6.5	6.6	8
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	63 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	16 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	91 %	75 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	91 %	93 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	16.9 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	34.5 cmol kg⁻¹	46.6 cmol kg⁻¹	37.6 cmol kg⁻¹	24.3 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	24.3 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	24.3 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.5 %	0 %	3.9 %	3.9 %	3.9 %	15 %	4.9 %	1.4 %	7 %	3.9 %	7 %	0 %	0 %	7 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	3 %	3 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	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	0.2 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	7 %	5 %					5 %		10 %		10 %	3 %	12 %	10 %
Sand	41 %	52 %					23 %		34 %		34 %	37 %	41 %	34 %
Silt	38 %	23 %					35 %		43 %		43 %	34 %	34 %	43 %
Clay	21 %	25 %					42 %		23 %		23 %	29 %	25 %	23 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Sandy clay loam					Clay		Loam		Loam	Clay loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³					1.26 g/cm³		1.38 g/cm³		1.38 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³					1.35 g/cm³		1.45 g/cm³		1.45 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.38 %	38.46 %					0.39 %		0.43 %		0.43 %	0.36 %	0.37 %	0.43 %
PH	7.5	5.8					8.1		8.1		8.1	6.7	7	8.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	61 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹					58 cmol kg⁻¹		54 cmol kg⁻¹		54 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	14 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹					26 cmol kg⁻¹		16 cmol kg⁻¹		16 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	96 %	96 %					100 %		100 %		100 %	93 %	93 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	15.2 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹					44.8 cmol kg⁻¹		28.7 cmol kg⁻¹		28.7 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	28.7 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	2.5 %	0 %					11.2 %		8.7 %		8.7 %	0 %	0.1 %	8.7 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %					0 %		0.4 %		0.4 %	0 %	0 %	0.4 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	1 %					2 %		1 %		1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1					0.2 dS m-1		0.3 dS m-1		0.3 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 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