World Species : Protected Area : OROS OLYMPOS

OROS OLYMPOS

Location:	Greece
Area:	47,295 acres (19,140 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

Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A			B				C						D

Share	60 %	20 %	20 %	50 %	15 %	6 %	4 %	30 %	20 %	15 %	10 %	10 %	5 %	30 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	10 %	10 %
Soil Type	Calcaric Fluvisols	Calcic Gleysols	Terric Histosols	Lithic Leptosols	Calcaric Regosols	Chromic Cambisols	Chromic Luvisols	Lithic Leptosols	Calcaric Regosols	Chromic Cambisols	Calcic Kastanozems	Chromic Luvisols	Chromic Luvisols	Chromic Luvisols	Eutric Cambisols	Eutric Regosols	Chromic Luvisols	Lithic Leptosols	Haplic Acrisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Fine	Fine	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Poor	Very poor	Very poor	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	15 mm	15 m	15 m	100 m	15 mm	15 m	15 m	15 m	100 m	100 m	50 m	50 m	15 m	50 m	15 mm	50 m
Phase 1					Lithic	Stony	Stony		Lithic	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Gravelly	Gravelly	Gravelly	Gravelly		Gravelly
Phase 2					Stony	Lithic			Stony	Lithic	Lithic					Lithic
Root Obstacle	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm		40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm		40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm	60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	60 - 80 cm		60 - 80 cm
Impermeable Layer	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	40 - 80 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	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	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	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	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 %	1 %	28 %	21 %	14 %	10 %	12 %	17 %	48 %	2 %	4 %	12 %	12 %	12 %	9 %	25 %	4 %	21 %	10 %
Sand	34 %	22 %	35 %	42 %	44 %	49 %	48 %	28 %	22 %	21 %	16 %	48 %	48 %	48 %	42 %	47 %	80 %	42 %	52 %
Silt	48 %	24 %	33 %	34 %	35 %	28 %	28 %	25 %	36 %	29 %	33 %	28 %	28 %	28 %	36 %	34 %	9 %	34 %	24 %
Clay	18 %	54 %	32 %	24 %	21 %	23 %	24 %	47 %	42 %	50 %	51 %	24 %	24 %	24 %	22 %	19 %	11 %	24 %	24 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Clay	Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay	Clay	Clay	Clay	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.15 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.6 %	1.13 %	39.4 %	1.61 %	0.75 %	0.98 %	0.83 %	2.3 %	1.83 %	1.43 %	1.6 %	0.83 %	0.83 %	0.83 %	1 %	0.98 %	0.45 %	1.61 %	1 %
PH	8	7.5	5.6	7.5	8	6.6	6.3	7.5	7.6	6.8	7.9	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.6	6.4	6.4	7.5	4.9
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	68 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	79 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	14 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	100 %	75 %	100 %	100 %	83 %	88 %	100 %	62 %	94 %	94 %	88 %	88 %	88 %	93 %	78 %	79 %	100 %	47 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	19.8 cmol kg⁻¹	27.9 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	26.8 cmol kg⁻¹	11.6 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	37.6 cmol kg⁻¹	12.9 cmol kg⁻¹	22.9 cmol kg⁻¹	43.5 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	5.1 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	3.2 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	11.7 %	4.2 %	0 %	3.9 %	15 %	0.1 %	0 %	1.4 %	3 %	0.2 %	8.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0.2 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	3 %	1 %	3 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	3 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.7 dS m-1	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	0.4 dS m-1	0.1 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	0.1 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	10 %	1 %	5 %		18 %	9 %	8 %		33 %	4 %	6 %	8 %	8 %	8 %	12 %	28 %	5 %		10 %
Sand	36 %	34 %	52 %		40 %	47 %	41 %		21 %	21 %	20 %	41 %	41 %	41 %	41 %	51 %	72 %		43 %
Silt	46 %	22 %	23 %		35 %	26 %	25 %		36 %	28 %	36 %	25 %	25 %	25 %	34 %	31 %	9 %		21 %
Clay	18 %	44 %	25 %		25 %	27 %	34 %		43 %	51 %	44 %	34 %	34 %	34 %	25 %	18 %	19 %		36 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Clay	Sandy clay loam		Loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay loam		Clay	Clay	Clay	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam		Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³		1.37 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³		1.25 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.48 g/cm³		1.32 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³		1.5 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³		1.35 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³		1.4 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.4 %	0.36 %	38.46 %		0.47 %	0.47 %	0.4 %		0.5 %	0.58 %	0.6 %	0.4 %	0.4 %	0.4 %	0.37 %	0.4 %	0.26 %		0.43 %
PH	8.1	8.2	5.8		8.1	6.7	6.4		7.8	7.2	8.2	6.4	6.4	6.4	7	6.9	6.6		4.9
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	84 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹		52 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹		39 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	56 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹		12 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹		15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹		20 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹		6 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	100 %	96 %		100 %	92 %	90 %		55 %	96 %	100 %	90 %	90 %	90 %	93 %	89 %	79 %		32 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	20.7 cmol kg⁻¹	33.6 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹		36.5 cmol kg⁻¹	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹		11.6 cmol kg⁻¹	19.5 cmol kg⁻¹	47.4 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	10.3 cmol kg⁻¹	6.3 cmol kg⁻¹		2.2 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	12.2 %	14.6 %	0 %		15 %	0.1 %	0 %		3 %	0.4 %	15.2 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %		0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0.2 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	5 %	1 %		2 %	1 %	1 %		3 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	2 %		2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.5 dS m-1	0.6 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	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 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