World Species : Protected Area : HAUTES GARRIGUES DU MONTPELLIERAIS

HAUTES GARRIGUES DU MONTPELLIERAIS

Location:	France
Area:	112,295 acres (45,444 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Csa (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: summer dry; Temperature: hot summer)
Natura 2000 Data Sheet:	View Data Sheet Explanatory notes

Ecoregions

Northeastern Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A		B				C			D			E

Share	70 %	30 %	50 %	30 %	10 %	10 %	70 %	20 %	10 %	50 %	30 %	20 %	70 %	30 %
Soil Type	Lithic Leptosols	Chromic Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Eutric Cambisols	Chromic Cambisols	Calcaric Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Calcaric Cambisols	Chromic Cambisols	Chromic Cambisols	Chromic Luvisols	Calcaric Cambisols	Rendzic Leptosols	Calcaric Cambisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Fine	Medium	Fine	Fine	Fine	Medium	Fine	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	10 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	15 mm	15 m	15 mm	75 m	75 m	75 m	15 mm	15 m	75 m	100 m	100 m	100 m	15 mm	100 m
Phase 1	Stony	Lithic	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Lithic	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony
Phase 2		Stony						Stony
Root Obstacle		40 - 60 cm		60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	40 - 60 cm		40 - 60 cm	60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 cm		60 - 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
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
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	21 %	2 %	21 %	10 %	2 %	5 %	21 %	5 %	2 %	10 %	12 %	6 %	16 %	6 %
Sand	42 %	21 %	42 %	23 %	21 %	19 %	42 %	19 %	21 %	49 %	48 %	36 %	37 %	36 %
Silt	34 %	29 %	34 %	29 %	29 %	32 %	34 %	32 %	29 %	28 %	28 %	43 %	44 %	43 %
Clay	24 %	50 %	24 %	48 %	50 %	49 %	24 %	49 %	50 %	23 %	24 %	21 %	19 %	21 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Clay	Loam	Clay	Clay	Clay	Loam	Clay	Clay	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.38 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.3 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.61 %	1.43 %	1.61 %	1.17 %	1.43 %	0.87 %	1.61 %	0.87 %	1.43 %	0.98 %	0.83 %	0.65 %	2.13 %	0.65 %
PH	7.5	6.8	7.5	6.7	6.8	7.8	7.5	7.8	6.8	6.6	6.3	8	7.5	8
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	42 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	16 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	94 %	100 %	89 %	94 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	94 %	83 %	88 %	100 %	100 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	22.9 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	22.1 cmol kg⁻¹	22.9 cmol kg⁻¹	46.6 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	46.6 cmol kg⁻¹	22.9 cmol kg⁻¹	11.6 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	24.3 cmol kg⁻¹	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹	24.3 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	3.9 %	0.2 %	3.9 %	0.1 %	0.2 %	4.9 %	3.9 %	4.9 %	0.2 %	0.1 %	0 %	7 %	6 %	7 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	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	0.2 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	0.4 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel		4 %		24 %	4 %	5 %		5 %	4 %	9 %	8 %	10 %		10 %
Sand		21 %		26 %	21 %	23 %		23 %	21 %	47 %	41 %	34 %		34 %
Silt		28 %		29 %	28 %	35 %		35 %	28 %	26 %	25 %	43 %		43 %
Clay		51 %		45 %	51 %	42 %		42 %	51 %	27 %	34 %	23 %		23 %
USDA Texture		Clay		Clay	Clay	Clay		Clay	Clay	Sandy clay loam	Clay loam	Loam		Loam
Reference Bulk Density		1.23 g/cm³		1.26 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³		1.26 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³		1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density		1.38 g/cm³		1.35 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³		1.35 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³		1.45 g/cm³
Organic Carbon		0.58 %		0.58 %	0.58 %	0.39 %		0.39 %	0.58 %	0.47 %	0.4 %	0.43 %		0.43 %
PH		7.2		7	7.2	8.1		8.1	7.2	6.7	6.4	8.1		8.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity		31 cmol kg⁻¹		51 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	58 cmol kg⁻¹		58 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹		54 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity		23 cmol kg⁻¹		25 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	26 cmol kg⁻¹		26 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹		16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation		96 %		97 %	96 %	100 %		100 %	96 %	92 %	90 %	100 %		100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases		19.5 cmol kg⁻¹		25.9 cmol kg⁻¹	19.5 cmol kg⁻¹	44.8 cmol kg⁻¹		44.8 cmol kg⁻¹	19.5 cmol kg⁻¹	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	28.7 cmol kg⁻¹		28.7 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate		0.4 %		0.3 %	0.4 %	11.2 %		11.2 %	0.4 %	0.1 %	0 %	8.7 %		8.7 %
Calcium Sulphate		0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.4 %		0.4 %
Exchangeable Sodium		1 %		1 %	1 %	2 %		2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %		1 %
Electrical Conductivity		0.1 dS m-1		0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1		0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 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