World Species : Protected Area : Babtu

Babtu - Varluvos miskai

Location:	Lithuania
Area:	11,143 acres (4,510 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Dfb (Climate: snow; Precipitation: fully humid; Temperature: warm summer)
Natura 2000 Data Sheet:	View Data Sheet Explanatory notes

Ecoregions

Central European mixed forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A				B

Share	65 %	15 %	10 %	10 %	60 %	20 %	15 %	5 %
Soil Type	Eutric Cambisols	Gleyic Cambisols	Gleyic Luvisols	Terric Histosols	Calcic Luvisols	Gleyic Cambisols	Calcic Gleysols	Haplic Luvisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Very poor	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	100 m	100 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m
Phase 1	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
Impermeable Layer	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 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	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Wet within 40 cm depth 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	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
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	9 %	4 %	5 %	28 %	5 %	4 %	4 %	4 %
Sand	42 %	45 %	47 %	35 %	53 %	45 %	41 %	41 %
Silt	36 %	36 %	29 %	33 %	24 %	36 %	40 %	37 %
Clay	22 %	19 %	24 %	32 %	23 %	19 %	19 %	22 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.37 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1 %	1 %	0.83 %	39.4 %	0.51 %	1 %	1.3 %	0.74 %
PH	6.6	6.4	6.3	5.6	7.7	6.4	7	6.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	55 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	16 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	93 %	85 %	93 %	75 %	100 %	85 %	82 %	91 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	14 cmol kg⁻¹	8.2 cmol kg⁻¹	14.9 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	17.1 cmol kg⁻¹	8.2 cmol kg⁻¹	8.8 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	7.4 %	0 %	1 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	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
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	12 %	18 %	6 %	5 %	10 %	18 %	5 %	3 %
Sand	41 %	39 %	39 %	52 %	47 %	39 %	44 %	37 %
Silt	34 %	34 %	27 %	23 %	23 %	34 %	37 %	34 %
Clay	25 %	27 %	34 %	25 %	30 %	27 %	19 %	29 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay loam	Loam	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.38 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.65 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.37 %	0.47 %	0.28 %	38.46 %	0.3 %	0.47 %	0.44 %	0.36 %
PH	7	6.7	7	5.8	7.9	6.7	7.2	6.7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	55 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	15 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	93 %	88 %	99 %	96 %	100 %	88 %	86 %	93 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	11.3 cmol kg⁻¹	15.9 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹	23.1 cmol kg⁻¹	11.3 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.4 %	0 %	9.1 %	0.1 %	1 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	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	0.2 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