World Species : Protected Area : CORBIERES ORIENTALES

CORBIERES ORIENTALES

Location:	France
Area:	62,836 acres (25,429 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Csb (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: summer dry; Temperature: warm summer)
Natura 2000 Data Sheet:	View Data Sheet Explanatory notes

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A		B		C			D					E			F

Share	70 %	30 %	70 %	30 %	70 %	20 %	10 %	50 %	15 %	15 %	10 %	10 %	50 %	30 %	20 %	70 %	30 %
Soil Type	Eutric Fluvisols	Dystric Fluvisols	Lithic Leptosols	Chromic Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Calcaric Cambisols	Chromic Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Eutric Cambisols	Haplic Luvisols	Haplic Luvisols	Gleyic Luvisols	Eutric Cambisols	Rendzic Leptosols	Calcaric Cambisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Fine	Medium	Fine	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Poor	Poor	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	15 mm	15 m	15 mm	15 m	75 m	100 m	15 mm	15 mm	100 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	15 mm	100 m
Phase 1			Stony	Lithic	Stony	Lithic	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony					Stony	Stony
Phase 2				Stony		Stony
Root Obstacle	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm		40 - 60 cm		40 - 60 cm	60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm			60 - 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm		60 - 80 cm
Impermeable Layer	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	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm		None to 150 cm
Soil Water Regime	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	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 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	4 %	10 %	21 %	2 %	21 %	5 %	2 %	10 %	21 %	21 %	9 %	4 %	4 %	4 %	9 %	16 %	6 %
Sand	39 %	79 %	42 %	21 %	42 %	19 %	21 %	42 %	42 %	42 %	42 %	41 %	82 %	80 %	42 %	37 %	36 %
Silt	40 %	12 %	34 %	29 %	34 %	32 %	29 %	38 %	34 %	34 %	36 %	37 %	8 %	11 %	36 %	44 %	43 %
Clay	21 %	9 %	24 %	50 %	24 %	49 %	50 %	20 %	24 %	24 %	22 %	22 %	10 %	9 %	22 %	19 %	21 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Clay	Loam	Clay	Clay	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.36 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.86 %	0.87 %	1.61 %	1.43 %	1.61 %	0.87 %	1.43 %	1.45 %	1.61 %	1.61 %	1 %	0.74 %	0.4 %	0.63 %	1 %	2.13 %	0.65 %
PH	7.2	5.3	7.5	6.8	7.5	7.8	6.8	5.1	7.5	7.5	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	7.5	8
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	63 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	16 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	91 %	55 %	100 %	94 %	100 %	100 %	94 %	38 %	100 %	100 %	93 %	91 %	89 %	83 %	93 %	100 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	16.9 cmol kg⁻¹	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	22.9 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	46.6 cmol kg⁻¹	22.9 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	5.9 cmol kg⁻¹	6.1 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹	24.3 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.5 %	0 %	3.9 %	0.2 %	3.9 %	4.9 %	0.2 %	0 %	3.9 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	6 %	7 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	3 %	3 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	3 %	3 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	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	0.1 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	0.4 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	7 %	17 %		4 %		5 %	4 %	19 %			12 %	3 %	6 %	5 %	12 %		10 %
Sand	41 %	79 %		21 %		23 %	21 %	45 %			41 %	37 %	75 %	68 %	41 %		34 %
Silt	38 %	11 %		28 %		35 %	28 %	35 %			34 %	34 %	8 %	10 %	34 %		43 %
Clay	21 %	10 %		51 %		42 %	51 %	20 %			25 %	29 %	17 %	22 %	25 %		23 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Sandy loam		Clay		Clay	Clay	Loam			Loam	Clay loam	Sandy loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam		Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³		1.23 g/cm³		1.26 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³			1.38 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³		1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³		1.38 g/cm³		1.35 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³			1.39 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.55 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³		1.45 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.38 %	0.26 %		0.58 %		0.39 %	0.58 %	0.5 %			0.37 %	0.36 %	0.24 %	0.3 %	0.37 %		0.43 %
PH	7.5	5.5		7.2		8.1	7.2	5.2			7	6.7	6.5	6.4	7		8.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	61 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹		31 cmol kg⁻¹		58 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹			55 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	53 cmol kg⁻¹	43 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹		54 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	14 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹		23 cmol kg⁻¹		26 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹			15 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹		16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	96 %	46 %		96 %		100 %	96 %	33 %			93 %	93 %	88 %	80 %	93 %		100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	15.2 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹		19.5 cmol kg⁻¹		44.8 cmol kg⁻¹	19.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹			15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	8.1 cmol kg⁻¹	5.9 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹		28.7 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	2.5 %	0 %		0.4 %		11.2 %	0.4 %	0 %			0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %		8.7 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %		0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %			0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %		0.4 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	2 %		1 %		2 %	1 %	2 %			2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %		1 %
Electrical Conductivity	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	0.1 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		0.3 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