World Species : Protected Area : Val di Fosse nel Parco Naturale Gruppo di Tessa

Val di Fosse nel Parco Naturale Gruppo di Tessa

Location:	Italy
Area:	24,926 acres (10,087 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				D

Share	40 %	35 %	15 %	5 %	5 %	30 %	20 %	20 %	5 %	5 %	50 %	35 %	8 %	7 %	50 %	30 %	10 %	5 %	5 %
Soil Type	Lithic Leptosols	Umbric Leptosols	Haplic Luvisols	Dystric Cambisols	Humic Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Umbric Leptosols	Rendzic Leptosols	Dystric Cambisols	Cambic Podzols	Umbric Leptosols	Haplic Luvisols	Dystric Cambisols	Eutric Cambisols	Haplic Luvisols	Lithic Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	10 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	10 cm	10 cm	30 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	10 cm
Drainage	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Well	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly
Available Water Capacity	15 mm	15 mm	50 m	50 m	50 m	15 mm	15 mm	15 mm	15 mm	15 mm	50 m	15 m	15 mm	75 m	50 m	50 m	50 m	15 mm	15 mm
Phase 1			Lithic	Lithic	Lithic	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Lithic	Lithic	Lithic
Root Obstacle			None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm						None to 80 cm	20 - 40 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	40 - 80 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	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		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	Wet within 80 cm for 3 to 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 1 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	21 %	6 %	4 %	10 %	8 %	21 %	21 %	21 %	6 %	16 %	10 %	3 %	10 %	4 %	10 %	9 %	4 %	21 %	21 %
Sand	42 %	49 %	41 %	42 %	41 %	42 %	42 %	42 %	49 %	37 %	75 %	85 %	79 %	82 %	42 %	42 %	41 %	42 %	42 %
Silt	34 %	31 %	37 %	38 %	36 %	34 %	34 %	34 %	31 %	44 %	15 %	10 %	13 %	8 %	38 %	36 %	37 %	34 %	34 %
Clay	24 %	20 %	22 %	20 %	23 %	24 %	24 %	24 %	20 %	19 %	10 %	5 %	8 %	10 %	20 %	22 %	22 %	24 %	24 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.38 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.3 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.61 %	2.4 %	0.74 %	1.45 %	2.72 %	1.61 %	1.61 %	1.61 %	2.4 %	2.13 %	0.7 %	2.02 %	2.59 %	0.4 %	1.45 %	1 %	0.74 %	1.61 %	1.61 %
PH	7.5	5.1	6.5	5.1	5.3	7.5	7.5	7.5	5.1	7.5	5.1	4.3	4.7	6.5	5.1	6.6	6.5	7.5	7.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	42 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	36 %	91 %	38 %	25 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	36 %	100 %	28 %	17 %	86 %	89 %	38 %	93 %	91 %	100 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	5.4 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	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.9 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	3.9 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	3.9 %	3.9 %	0 %	6 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	3.9 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	4 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	3 %	3 %	4 %	2 %	5 %	0 %	0 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	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	0.1 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			3 %	19 %	6 %						9 %	3 %		6 %	19 %	12 %	3 %
Sand			37 %	45 %	44 %						68 %	86 %		75 %	45 %	41 %	37 %
Silt			34 %	35 %	32 %						17 %	10 %		8 %	35 %	34 %	34 %
Clay			29 %	20 %	24 %						15 %	4 %		17 %	20 %	25 %	29 %
USDA Texture			Clay loam	Loam	Loam						Sandy loam	Loamy sand		Sandy loam	Loam	Loam	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density			1.35 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³						1.51 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³		1.5 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³
Bulk Density			1.51 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.16 g/cm³						1.5 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³		1.57 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³
Organic Carbon			0.36 %	0.5 %	1.07 %						0.27 %	0.51 %		0.24 %	0.5 %	0.37 %	0.36 %
PH			6.7	5.2	5.3						5	4.8		6.5	5.2	7	6.7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity			50 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹						31 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹		53 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity			14 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹						5 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹		10 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation			93 %	33 %	30 %						36 %	21 %		88 %	33 %	93 %	93 %
Total Exchangeable Bases			13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹						1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹		8.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate			0 %	0 %	0 %						0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate			0 %	0 %	0 %						0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium			1 %	2 %	2 %						5 %	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	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