World Species : Protected Area : Stagno di Cagliari

Stagno di Cagliari

Location:	Italy
Area:	8,792 acres (3,558 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	70 %	20 %	10 %	50 %	30 %	10 %	10 %
Soil Type	Calcic Luvisols	Haplic Luvisols	Eutric Fluvisols	Gleyic Luvisols	Haplic Luvisols	Eutric Fluvisols	Eutric Cambisols
Topsoil Texture	Fine	Fine	Fine	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Very poor	Poor	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	50 m	50 m	75 m	100 m	100 m	125 m	100 m
Phase 1	Petrocalcic	Petrocalcic	Petrocalcic	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
Impermeable Layer	None to 150 cm	80 - 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	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
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	4 %	19 %	4 %	5 %	19 %	4 %	9 %
Sand	34 %	31 %	19 %	47 %	31 %	39 %	42 %
Silt	22 %	22 %	32 %	29 %	22 %	40 %	36 %
Clay	44 %	47 %	49 %	24 %	47 %	21 %	22 %
USDA Texture	Clay	Clay	Clay	Loam	Clay	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.28 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.2 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.63 %	1.2 %	1.19 %	0.83 %	1.2 %	0.86 %	1 %
PH	8	6.5	6.2	6.3	6.5	7.2	6.6
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	64 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	25 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	83 %	91 %	93 %	83 %	91 %	93 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	26.2 cmol kg⁻¹	22.6 cmol kg⁻¹	22.7 cmol kg⁻¹	14.9 cmol kg⁻¹	22.6 cmol kg⁻¹	16.9 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	9 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.5 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.6 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	8 %	28 %	3 %	6 %	28 %	7 %	12 %
Sand	30 %	27 %	21 %	39 %	27 %	41 %	41 %
Silt	21 %	20 %	32 %	27 %	20 %	38 %	34 %
Clay	49 %	53 %	47 %	34 %	53 %	21 %	25 %
USDA Texture	Clay	Clay	Clay	Clay loam	Clay	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.26 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.2 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.65 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.3 %	0.59 %	0.55 %	0.28 %	0.59 %	0.38 %	0.37 %
PH	8.2	7.4	6.8	7	7.4	7.5	7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	62 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	28 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	84 %	99 %	99 %	84 %	96 %	93 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	28.4 cmol kg⁻¹	26.2 cmol kg⁻¹	18.2 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	9 %	4 %	0.2 %	0.4 %	4 %	2.5 %	0.1 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	5 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	2.9 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