World Species : Protected Area : Campidano Centrale

Campidano Centrale

Location:	Italy
Area:	3,865 acres (1,564 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

Tyrrhenian-Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A					B

Share	30 %	30 %	30 %	5 %	5 %	50 %	30 %	10 %	10 %
Soil Type	Eutric Vertisols	Eutric Vertisols	Vertic Cambisols	Chromic Luvisols	Vertic Luvisols	Gleyic Luvisols	Haplic Luvisols	Eutric Fluvisols	Eutric Cambisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	125 m	125 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	125 m	100 m
Phase 1						Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony
Root Obstacle	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 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	None to 150 cm	80 - 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm
Soil Water Regime	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	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	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
Misc. Property	Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)	Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)	Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)		Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	7 %	7 %	7 %	12 %	5 %	5 %	19 %	4 %	9 %
Sand	44 %	44 %	45 %	48 %	42 %	47 %	31 %	39 %	42 %
Silt	27 %	27 %	29 %	28 %	31 %	29 %	22 %	40 %	36 %
Clay	29 %	29 %	26 %	24 %	27 %	24 %	47 %	21 %	22 %
USDA Texture	Clay loam	Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Clay loam	Loam	Clay	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.29 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.5 %	1.5 %	0.77 %	0.83 %	0.48 %	0.83 %	1.2 %	0.86 %	1 %
PH	6.7	6.7	6.9	6.3	7.2	6.3	6.5	7.2	6.6
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	59 cmol kg⁻¹	59 cmol kg⁻¹	53 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	24 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	86 %	86 %	82 %	88 %	99 %	93 %	83 %	91 %	93 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	19.5 cmol kg⁻¹	19.5 cmol kg⁻¹	15.9 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	22.1 cmol kg⁻¹	14.9 cmol kg⁻¹	22.6 cmol kg⁻¹	16.9 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.3 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.5 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	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
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	3 %	3 %	10 %	8 %	7 %	6 %	28 %	7 %	12 %
Sand	40 %	40 %	35 %	41 %	34 %	39 %	27 %	41 %	41 %
Silt	23 %	23 %	28 %	25 %	28 %	27 %	20 %	38 %	34 %
Clay	37 %	37 %	37 %	34 %	38 %	34 %	53 %	21 %	25 %
USDA Texture	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.32 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.35 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	1.65 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.65 %	0.65 %	0.38 %	0.4 %	0.38 %	0.28 %	0.59 %	0.38 %	0.37 %
PH	7.2	7.2	7.3	6.4	7.4	7	7.4	7.5	7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	67 cmol kg⁻¹	67 cmol kg⁻¹	62 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	69 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	27 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	90 %	90 %	90 %	90 %	98 %	99 %	84 %	96 %	93 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	23.9 cmol kg⁻¹	23.9 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	25.8 cmol kg⁻¹	15.9 cmol kg⁻¹	26.2 cmol kg⁻¹	15.2 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.8 %	0 %	6 %	0.4 %	4 %	2.5 %	0.1 %
Calcium Sulphate	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %	0 %	1 %	4 %	2 %	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

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