World Species : Protected Area : CHERSONISOS SITHONIAS

CHERSONISOS SITHONIAS

Location:	Greece
Area:	57,949 acres (23,451 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

Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A					B							C

Share	60 %	15 %	15 %	5 %	5 %	40 %	30 %	10 %	5 %	5 %	5 %	5 %	50 %	20 %	10 %	8 %	8 %	2 %	2 %
Soil Type	Lithic Leptosols	Dystric Regosols	Dystric Cambisols	Humic Cambisols	Umbric Leptosols	Eutric Cambisols	Eutric Regosols	Lithic Leptosols	Haplic Luvisols	Chromic Luvisols	Haplic Acrisols	Dystric Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Dystric Regosols	Lithic Leptosols	Haplic Luvisols	Haplic Acrisols	Humic Cambisols	Umbric Leptosols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly
Available Water Capacity	15 mm	15 m	15 m	15 m	15 mm	50 m	15 m	15 mm	50 m	50 m	50 m	15 m	50 m	15 m	15 mm	50 m	50 m	50 m	15 mm
Phase 1		Lithic	Stony	Stony	Stony	Gravelly	Gravelly		Gravelly	Gravelly	Gravelly	Gravelly	Gravelly	Stony		Gravelly	Gravelly	Gravelly	Gravelly
Phase 2		Stony	Lithic	Lithic		Stony	Lithic					Lithic	Stony	Lithic				Stony
Root Obstacle		40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm		60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm		60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	60 - 80 cm	40 - 60 cm		60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	60 - 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	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	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	21 %	19 %	10 %	8 %	10 %	9 %	25 %	21 %	4 %	12 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	19 %	21 %	4 %	4 %	8 %	6 %
Sand	73 %	78 %	75 %	41 %	79 %	42 %	47 %	42 %	41 %	48 %	52 %	42 %	42 %	78 %	73 %	82 %	81 %	41 %	49 %
Silt	18 %	13 %	15 %	36 %	13 %	36 %	34 %	34 %	37 %	28 %	24 %	38 %	38 %	13 %	18 %	8 %	9 %	36 %	31 %
Clay	9 %	9 %	10 %	23 %	8 %	22 %	19 %	24 %	22 %	24 %	24 %	20 %	20 %	9 %	9 %	10 %	10 %	23 %	20 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.59 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.45 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.4 %	0.7 %	0.7 %	2.72 %	2.59 %	1 %	0.98 %	1.61 %	0.74 %	0.83 %	1 %	1.45 %	1.45 %	0.7 %	1.4 %	0.4 %	0.5 %	2.72 %	2.4 %
PH	7.5	5.6	5.1	5.3	4.7	6.6	6.4	7.5	6.5	6.3	4.9	5.1	5.1	5.6	7.5	6.5	5.5	5.3	5.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	85 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹	85 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	12 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	86 %	98 %	28 %	25 %	86 %	93 %	78 %	100 %	91 %	88 %	47 %	38 %	38 %	98 %	86 %	89 %	72 %	25 %	36 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	4.1 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	5.4 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	3.2 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.1 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.9 cmol kg⁻¹	3.6 cmol kg⁻¹	5.4 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	3 %	5 %	1 %	0 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	3 %	1 %	2 %	3 %	1 %	4 %
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	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		14 %	9 %	6 %		12 %	28 %		3 %	8 %	10 %	19 %	19 %	14 %		6 %	6 %	6 %
Sand		77 %	68 %	44 %		41 %	51 %		37 %	41 %	43 %	45 %	45 %	77 %		75 %	67 %	44 %
Silt		13 %	17 %	32 %		34 %	31 %		34 %	25 %	21 %	35 %	35 %	13 %		8 %	10 %	32 %
Clay		10 %	15 %	24 %		25 %	18 %		29 %	34 %	36 %	20 %	20 %	10 %		17 %	23 %	24 %
USDA Texture		Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loam		Loam	Loam		Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam		Sandy loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density		1.58 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³		1.38 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³		1.35 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³		1.5 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Bulk Density		1.5 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.16 g/cm³		1.39 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³		1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³		1.57 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.16 g/cm³
Organic Carbon		0.31 %	0.27 %	1.07 %		0.37 %	0.4 %		0.36 %	0.4 %	0.43 %	0.5 %	0.5 %	0.31 %		0.24 %	0.3 %	1.07 %
PH		5.3	5	5.3		7	6.9		6.7	6.4	4.9	5.2	5.2	5.3		6.5	5.2	5.3
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity		36 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹		55 cmol kg⁻¹	56 cmol kg⁻¹		50 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹		53 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity		4 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹		15 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹		14 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹		10 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation		28 %	36 %	30 %		93 %	89 %		93 %	90 %	32 %	33 %	33 %	28 %		88 %	42 %	30 %
Total Exchangeable Bases		1 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹		15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	10.3 cmol kg⁻¹		13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	2.2 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	1 cmol kg⁻¹		8.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.4 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate		0 %	0 %	0 %		0.1 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate		0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium		3 %	5 %	2 %		2 %	2 %		1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	3 %		1 %	3 %	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		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