World Species : Protected Area : OROS CHAINTOU

OROS CHAINTOU - KOULA KAI GYRO KORYFES

Location:	Greece
Area:	8,629 acres (3,492 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

Ecoregions

Balkan mixed forests
Rodope montane mixed forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A					B

Share	40 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	10 %	40 %	20 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	10 %
Soil Type	Eutric Cambisols	Eutric Regosols	Lithic Leptosols	Chromic Luvisols	Haplic Andosols	Chromic Luvisols	Chromic Luvisols	Calcaric Cambisols	Calcaric Regosols	Eutric Regosols	Lithic Leptosols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly
Available Water Capacity	100 m	150 m	0 mm	50 m	150 m	50 m	50 m	50 m	15 m	15 m	15 mm
Phase 1	Stony			Gravelly		Gravelly	Gravelly	Gravelly	Stony	Stony
Phase 2								Stony	Lithic	Lithic
Root Obstacle	40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm		60 - 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 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
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
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	9 %	25 %	21 %	12 %	4 %	12 %	12 %	6 %	14 %	25 %	21 %
Sand	42 %	47 %	42 %	48 %	32 %	48 %	48 %	36 %	44 %	47 %	42 %
Silt	36 %	34 %	34 %	28 %	47 %	28 %	28 %	43 %	35 %	34 %	34 %
Clay	22 %	19 %	24 %	24 %	21 %	24 %	24 %	21 %	21 %	19 %	24 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.37 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	0.76 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1 %	0.98 %	1.61 %	0.83 %	6.74 %	0.83 %	0.83 %	0.65 %	0.75 %	0.98 %	1.61 %
PH	6.6	6.4	7.5	6.3	5.9	6.3	6.3	8	8	6.4	7.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	55 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	30 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	93 %	78 %	100 %	88 %	16 %	88 %	88 %	100 %	100 %	78 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	14 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	6.4 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	24.3 cmol kg⁻¹	26.8 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	7 %	15 %	0 %	3.9 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	3 %
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	0.4 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	12 %	28 %		8 %	9 %	8 %	8 %	10 %	18 %	28 %
Sand	41 %	51 %		41 %	34 %	41 %	41 %	34 %	40 %	51 %
Silt	34 %	31 %		25 %	44 %	25 %	25 %	43 %	35 %	31 %
Clay	25 %	18 %		34 %	22 %	34 %	34 %	23 %	25 %	18 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam		Clay loam	Loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.38 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³		1.33 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³		1.51 g/cm³	0.79 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.37 %	0.4 %		0.4 %	1.99 %	0.4 %	0.4 %	0.43 %	0.47 %	0.4 %
PH	7	6.9		6.4	6.1	6.4	6.4	8.1	8.1	6.9
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	55 cmol kg⁻¹	56 cmol kg⁻¹		41 cmol kg⁻¹	79 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	56 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	15 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹		15 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	93 %	89 %		90 %	33 %	90 %	90 %	100 %	100 %	89 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	10.3 cmol kg⁻¹		12 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	28.7 cmol kg⁻¹	36.5 cmol kg⁻¹	10.3 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.1 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	8.7 %	15 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.4 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %		1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	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	0.3 dS m-1	0.3 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