World Species : Protected Area : COSTIERE NIMOISE

COSTIERE NIMOISE

Location:	France
Area:	33,379 acres (13,508 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 %	70 %	20 %	10 %	70 %	30 %	50 %	30 %	20 %
Soil Type	Calcaric Fluvisols	Lithic Leptosols	Chromic Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Calcaric Cambisols	Chromic Cambisols	Calcaric Cambisols	Chromic Cambisols	Chromic Cambisols	Chromic Luvisols	Calcaric Cambisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Fine	Medium	Fine	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Poor	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	150 m	15 mm	15 m	15 mm	15 m	75 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	100 m
Phase 1	Saline	Stony	Lithic	Stony	Lithic	Stony			Stony	Stony	Stony
Phase 2			Stony		Stony
Root Obstacle	None to 80 cm		40 - 60 cm		40 - 60 cm	60 - 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 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
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
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	15 %	21 %	2 %	21 %	5 %	2 %	6 %	10 %	10 %	12 %	6 %
Sand	34 %	42 %	21 %	42 %	19 %	21 %	36 %	49 %	49 %	48 %	36 %
Silt	48 %	34 %	29 %	34 %	32 %	29 %	43 %	28 %	28 %	28 %	43 %
Clay	18 %	24 %	50 %	24 %	49 %	50 %	21 %	23 %	23 %	24 %	21 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Clay	Loam	Clay	Clay	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.6 %	1.61 %	1.43 %	1.61 %	0.87 %	1.43 %	0.65 %	0.98 %	0.98 %	0.83 %	0.65 %
PH	8	7.5	6.8	7.5	7.8	6.8	8	6.6	6.6	6.3	8
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	68 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	14 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	100 %	94 %	100 %	100 %	94 %	100 %	83 %	83 %	88 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	19.8 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	24.3 cmol kg⁻¹	11.6 cmol kg⁻¹	11.6 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	24.3 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	11.7 %	3.9 %	0.2 %	3.9 %	4.9 %	0.2 %	7 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	7 %
Calcium Sulphate	0.2 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	3 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.7 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	0.4 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	10 %		4 %		5 %	4 %	10 %	9 %	9 %	8 %	10 %
Sand	36 %		21 %		23 %	21 %	34 %	47 %	47 %	41 %	34 %
Silt	46 %		28 %		35 %	28 %	43 %	26 %	26 %	25 %	43 %
Clay	18 %		51 %		42 %	51 %	23 %	27 %	27 %	34 %	23 %
USDA Texture	Loam		Clay		Clay	Clay	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³		1.23 g/cm³		1.26 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³		1.38 g/cm³		1.35 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.4 %		0.58 %		0.39 %	0.58 %	0.43 %	0.47 %	0.47 %	0.4 %	0.43 %
PH	8.1		7.2		8.1	7.2	8.1	6.7	6.7	6.4	8.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	84 cmol kg⁻¹		31 cmol kg⁻¹		58 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	13 cmol kg⁻¹		23 cmol kg⁻¹		26 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %		96 %		100 %	96 %	100 %	92 %	92 %	90 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	20.7 cmol kg⁻¹		19.5 cmol kg⁻¹		44.8 cmol kg⁻¹	19.5 cmol kg⁻¹	28.7 cmol kg⁻¹	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	28.7 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	12.2 %		0.4 %		11.2 %	0.4 %	8.7 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	8.7 %
Calcium Sulphate	0.2 %		0 %		0 %	0 %	0.4 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.4 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %		1 %		2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.5 dS m-1		0.1 dS m-1		0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 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