World Species : Protected Area : PUIGMAL-CARANCA

PUIGMAL-CARANCA

Location:	France
Area:	25,412 acres (10,284 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

Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A			B				C

Share	50 %	30 %	20 %	50 %	20 %	15 %	15 %	60 %	20 %	15 %	5 %
Soil Type	Dystric Cambisols	Humic Cambisols	Cambic Podzols	Humic Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Umbric Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Umbric Leptosols	Humic Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Dystric Cambisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	10 cm	30 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Imperfectly
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	15 m	15 m	15 mm	0 mm	15 mm	50 m	0 mm	50 m
Phase 1				Lithic	Lithic	Gravelly	Gravelly		Lithic	Stony	Lithic
Phase 2				Gravelly	Gravelly
Root Obstacle	60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	20 - 40 cm	20 - 40 cm				20 - 40 cm		20 - 40 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
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	Wet within 80 cm for 3 to 6 months, but not 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				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
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	8 %	15 %	8 %	10 %	6 %	21 %	6 %	8 %	21 %	10 %
Sand	42 %	41 %	48 %	41 %	42 %	49 %	42 %	49 %	41 %	73 %	42 %
Silt	38 %	36 %	40 %	36 %	38 %	31 %	34 %	31 %	36 %	18 %	38 %
Clay	20 %	23 %	12 %	23 %	20 %	20 %	24 %	20 %	23 %	9 %	20 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.3 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	0.96 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.45 %	2.72 %	3.15 %	2.72 %	1.45 %	2.4 %	1.61 %	2.4 %	2.72 %	1.4 %	1.45 %
PH	5.1	5.3	5	5.3	5.1	5.1	7.5	5.1	5.3	7.5	5.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	32 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	85 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	12 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	38 %	25 %	10 %	25 %	38 %	36 %	100 %	36 %	25 %	86 %	38 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	5.4 cmol kg⁻¹	4.4 cmol kg⁻¹	5.4 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	5.4 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	0 %	1 %	2 %	4 %	3 %	4 %	1 %	1 %	2 %
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	0.1 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	19 %	6 %	17 %	6 %	19 %				6 %		19 %
Sand	45 %	44 %	55 %	44 %	45 %				44 %		45 %
Silt	35 %	32 %	33 %	32 %	35 %				32 %		35 %
Clay	20 %	24 %	12 %	24 %	20 %				24 %		20 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam				Loam		Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.42 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³				1.39 g/cm³		1.42 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.36 g/cm³	1.16 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.16 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³				1.16 g/cm³		1.36 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.5 %	1.07 %	1.13 %	1.07 %	0.5 %				1.07 %		0.5 %
PH	5.2	5.3	5.1	5.3	5.2				5.3		5.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	35 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	65 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹				37 cmol kg⁻¹		35 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	9 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹				14 cmol kg⁻¹		9 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	33 %	30 %	13 %	30 %	33 %				30 %		33 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	0.8 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹				2.5 cmol kg⁻¹		2.6 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %				0 %		0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %				0 %		0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %	0 %	2 %	2 %				2 %		2 %
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		0.1 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