World Species : Protected Area : Wicklow Mountains SPA

Wicklow Mountains SPA

Location:	Ireland
Area:	37,722 acres (15,266 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

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A			B			C

Share	70 %	25 %	5 %	75 %	20 %	5 %	60 %	25 %	15 %
Soil Type	Lithic Leptosols	Fibric Histosols	Ferric Podzols	Haplic Podzols	Dystric Gleysols	Dystric Cambisols	Ferric Podzols	Fibric Histosols	Lithic Leptosols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Fine	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Coarse
Reference Depth	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Very poor	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Very poor	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	15 mm	150 m	15 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	15 mm
Root Obstacle		20 - 40 cm	20 - 40 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm
Impermeable Layer		None to 150 cm	0 - 40 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm
Soil Water Regime		Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 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	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
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	21 %	1 %	3 %	15 %	2 %	10 %	15 %	1 %	21 %
Sand	73 %	20 %	86 %	50 %	40 %	42 %	45 %	20 %	73 %
Silt	18 %	40 %	8 %	40 %	39 %	38 %	52 %	40 %	18 %
Clay	9 %	40 %	6 %	10 %	21 %	20 %	3 %	40 %	9 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Clay	Loamy sand	Loam	Loam	Loam	Silt loam	Clay	Sandy loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.59 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.45 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	0.96 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.4 %	33.63 %	2.02 %	5.27 %	1.17 %	1.45 %	4.6 %	33.63 %	1.4 %
PH	7.5	4.3	4.5	4.5	5.1	5.1	4.6	4.3	7.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	85 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	89 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	85 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	12 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	28 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	86 %	62 %	17 %	11 %	47 %	38 %	10 %	62 %	86 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	31.4 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	5.6 cmol kg⁻¹	5.5 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.4 cmol kg⁻¹	31.4 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	2 %	0 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %
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
Subsoil Properties
Gravel		2 %	3 %	15 %	6 %	19 %	17 %	2 %
Sand		47 %	86 %	55 %	41 %	45 %	51 %	47 %
Silt		26 %	6 %	35 %	34 %	35 %	45 %	26 %
Clay		27 %	8 %	10 %	25 %	20 %	4 %	27 %
USDA Texture		Sandy clay loam	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Sandy clay loam
Reference Bulk Density		1.38 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density		0.1 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³
Organic Carbon		32.89 %	0.51 %	0.81 %	0.4 %	0.5 %	0.81 %	32.89 %
PH		4.6	5.1	5	5.3	5.2	5.1	4.6
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity		71 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	56 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity		78 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation		40 %	21 %	13 %	47 %	33 %	13 %	40 %
Total Exchangeable Bases		27.4 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	0.8 cmol kg⁻¹	6.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	0.8 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium		1 %	0 %	0 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	1 %
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