World Species : Protected Area : HAUT GIFFRE

HAUT GIFFRE

Location:	France
Area:	44,780 acres (18,122 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

Alps conifer and mixed forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A			B			C			D			E

Share	50 %	30 %	20 %	50 %	30 %	20 %	80 %	10 %	10 %	50 %	30 %	20 %	30 %	30 %	20 %	20 %
Soil Type	Lithic Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Rendzic Leptosols	Calcaric Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Umbric Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Dystric Cambisols	Calcaric Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Calcaric Cambisols	Rendzic Leptosols	Calcic Gleysols	Humic Cambisols	Eutric Podzoluvisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Fine	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Coarse
Reference Depth	10 cm	10 cm	10 cm	30 cm	100 cm	10 cm	30 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	15 mm	15 mm	15 mm	15 mm	75 m	15 mm	15 mm	15 mm	50 m	150 m	15 mm	150 m	15 mm	75 m	15 m	15 m
Phase 1	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony				Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony
Phase 2														Lithic	Lithic	Lithic
Root Obstacle					40 - 60 cm				60 - 80 cm	40 - 60 cm		40 - 60 cm		None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm
Impermeable Layer					None to 150 cm				40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm		None to 150 cm		40 - 80 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 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm 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		Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	21 %	21 %	21 %	20 %	5 %	17 %	6 %	21 %	10 %	6 %	21 %	6 %	21 %	4 %	5 %	1 %
Sand	42 %	42 %	42 %	19 %	19 %	28 %	49 %	42 %	42 %	36 %	42 %	36 %	76 %	41 %	74 %	75 %
Silt	34 %	34 %	34 %	37 %	32 %	25 %	31 %	34 %	38 %	43 %	34 %	43 %	16 %	40 %	14 %	19 %
Clay	24 %	24 %	24 %	44 %	49 %	47 %	20 %	24 %	20 %	21 %	24 %	21 %	8 %	19 %	12 %	6 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay	Clay	Clay	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Sandy loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.61 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.55 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.16 g/cm³	1.48 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.61 %	1.61 %	1.61 %	2.1 %	0.87 %	2.3 %	2.4 %	1.61 %	1.45 %	0.65 %	1.61 %	0.65 %	1.93 %	1.3 %	1.58 %	0.9 %
PH	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.7	7.8	7.5	5.1	7.5	5.1	8	7.5	8	7.2	7	5.3	5.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	42 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	36 %	100 %	38 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	86 %	82 %	42 %	75 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	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	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	24.3 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	24.3 cmol kg⁻¹	31.7 cmol kg⁻¹	8.8 cmol kg⁻¹	6.1 cmol kg⁻¹	3.5 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	3.9 %	3.9 %	3.9 %	15 %	4.9 %	1.4 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %	7 %	3.9 %	7 %	4.9 %	1 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	3 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	4 %	3 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	3 %	0 %
Electrical Conductivity	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	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 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	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel					5 %				19 %	10 %		10 %		5 %	9 %	3 %
Sand					23 %				45 %	34 %		34 %		44 %	72 %	79 %
Silt					35 %				35 %	43 %		43 %		37 %	12 %	14 %
Clay					42 %				20 %	23 %		23 %		19 %	16 %	7 %
USDA Texture					Clay				Loam	Loam		Loam		Loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand
Reference Bulk Density					1.26 g/cm³				1.42 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³		1.38 g/cm³		1.42 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³
Bulk Density					1.35 g/cm³				1.36 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³		1.45 g/cm³		1.47 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.68 g/cm³
Organic Carbon					0.39 %				0.5 %	0.43 %		0.43 %		0.44 %	0.76 %	0.28 %
PH					8.1				5.2	8.1		8.1		7.2	6.2	5.9
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity					58 cmol kg⁻¹				35 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹		54 cmol kg⁻¹		40 cmol kg⁻¹	79 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity					26 cmol kg⁻¹				9 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹		16 cmol kg⁻¹		12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation					100 %				33 %	100 %		100 %		86 %	51 %	63 %
Total Exchangeable Bases					44.8 cmol kg⁻¹				2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	28.7 cmol kg⁻¹		28.7 cmol kg⁻¹		10 cmol kg⁻¹	3.9 cmol kg⁻¹	3.4 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate					11.2 %				0 %	8.7 %		8.7 %		1 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate					0 %				0 %	0.4 %		0.4 %		0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium					2 %				2 %	1 %		1 %		2 %	0 %	0 %
Electrical Conductivity					0.2 dS m-1				0.1 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1		0.3 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