World Species : Protected Area : Val Ferret

Val Ferret

Location:	Italy
Area:	22,437 acres (9,080 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	ET (Climate: polar; Temperature: polar tundra)
Natura 2000 Data Sheet:	View Data Sheet Explanatory notes

Ecoregions

Alps conifer and mixed forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A		B					C

Share	20 %	20 %	30 %	20 %	20 %	5 %	5 %	50 %	30 %	10 %	10 %
Soil Type	Lithic Leptosols	Umbric Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Umbric Leptosols	Rendzic Leptosols	Rendzic Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Eutric Cambisols	Eutric Cambisols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	10 cm	30 cm	10 cm	10 cm	10 cm	30 cm	30 cm	30 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly
Available Water Capacity	0 mm	15 mm	15 mm	15 mm	15 mm	15 mm	15 mm	50 mm	15 mm	50 m	50 m
Phase 1	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony			Lithic	Lithic
Phase 2	Gravelly	Gravelly
Root Obstacle										None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm
Impermeable Layer										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
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	21 %	10 %	21 %	21 %	21 %	6 %	16 %	16 %	21 %	9 %	9 %
Sand	73 %	79 %	42 %	42 %	42 %	49 %	37 %	37 %	42 %	42 %	42 %
Silt	18 %	13 %	34 %	34 %	34 %	31 %	44 %	44 %	34 %	36 %	36 %
Clay	9 %	8 %	24 %	24 %	24 %	20 %	19 %	19 %	24 %	22 %	22 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.59 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.45 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.4 %	2.59 %	1.61 %	1.61 %	1.61 %	2.4 %	2.13 %	2.13 %	1.61 %	1 %	1 %
PH	7.5	4.7	7.5	7.5	7.5	5.1	7.5	7.5	7.5	6.6	6.6
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	85 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	12 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	86 %	86 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	36 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	93 %	93 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	3.9 %	3.9 %	0 %	6 %	6 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	0 %	3 %	3 %	3 %	4 %	2 %	2 %	3 %	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	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel										12 %	12 %
Sand										41 %	41 %
Silt										34 %	34 %
Clay										25 %	25 %
USDA Texture										Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density										1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density										1.39 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Organic Carbon										0.37 %	0.37 %
PH										7	7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity										55 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity										15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation										93 %	93 %
Total Exchangeable Bases										15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate										0.1 %	0.1 %
Calcium Sulphate										0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium										2 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity										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