World Species : Protected Area : Cepkeliu pelke

Cepkeliu pelke

Location:	Lithuania
Area:	27,728 acres (11,221 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				C

Share	80 %	10 %	10 %	75 %	10 %	10 %	5 %	80 %	15 %	5 %
Soil Type	Ferric Podzols	Folic Histosols	Gleyic Podzoluvisols	Haplic Arenosols	Haplic Podzols	Terric Histosols	Fibric Histosols	Fibric Histosols	Terric Histosols	Mollic Gleysols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Fine	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Fine	Fine	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Somewhat excessive	Very poor	Poor	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Very poor	Very poor	Very poor	Very poor	Poor
Available Water Capacity	15 m	150 m	150 m	15 m	15 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m
Phase 1	Gravelly	Phreatic	Phreatic	Gravelly	Gravelly
Phase 2				Erosion	Erosion
Root Obstacle	None to 80 cm	0 - 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	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	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 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 40 cm depth for over 11 month	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	3 %		1 %	4 %	3 %	28 %	1 %	1 %	28 %	4 %
Sand	86 %	37 %	32 %	90 %	87 %	35 %	20 %	20 %	35 %	39 %
Silt	8 %	24 %	49 %	5 %	9 %	33 %	40 %	40 %	33 %	39 %
Clay	6 %	39 %	19 %	5 %	4 %	32 %	40 %	40 %	32 %	22 %
USDA Texture	Loamy sand	Clay	Loam	Sand	Loamy sand	Clay loam	Clay	Clay	Clay loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.67 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.71 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	0.26 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	2.02 %	35.27 %	2.22 %	0.4 %	2.18 %	39.4 %	33.63 %	33.63 %	39.4 %	1.65 %
PH	4.5	4.6	5.3	6.2	4.4	5.6	4.3	4.3	5.6	6.6
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	78 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	101 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	5 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	17 %	64 %	55 %	93 %	11 %	75 %	62 %	62 %	75 %	87 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	45.4 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	3.3 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	31.4 cmol kg⁻¹	31.4 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	9.8 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	0 %	0 %	0 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	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
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	3 %		4 %	4 %	4 %	5 %	2 %	2 %	5 %	3 %
Sand	86 %	30 %	25 %	90 %	88 %	52 %	47 %	47 %	52 %	37 %
Silt	6 %	31 %	51 %	5 %	8 %	23 %	26 %	26 %	23 %	35 %
Clay	8 %	39 %	24 %	5 %	4 %	25 %	27 %	27 %	25 %	28 %
USDA Texture	Loamy sand	Clay loam	Silt loam	Sand	Sand	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.63 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.71 g/cm³	1.74 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.57 g/cm³	0.16 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.51 %	33.85 %	0.5 %	0.21 %	0.39 %	38.46 %	32.89 %	32.89 %	38.46 %	0.69 %
PH	5.1	5	5.4	6.1	5	5.8	4.6	4.6	5.8	7.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	50 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	2 cmol kg⁻¹	79 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	21 %	59 %	59 %	100 %	21 %	96 %	40 %	40 %	96 %	88 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	55.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹	10.7 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	4 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	0 %	0 %	0 %	3 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	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	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