World Species : Protected Area : Bielawskie Blota

Bielawskie Blota

Location:	Poland
Area:	2,721 acres (1,101 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Köppen climate classification:	Cfb (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: fully humid; Temperature: warm summer)
Natura 2000 Data Sheet:	View Data Sheet Explanatory notes

Ecoregions

Baltic mixed forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A					B

Share	40 %	30 %	20 %	5 %	5 %	60 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	10 %
Soil Type	Eutric Cambisols	Stagnic Luvisols	Cambic Arenosols	Eutric Gleysols	Umbric Gleysols	Terric Histosols	Umbric Gleysols	Eutric Fluvisols	Eutric Gleysols	Eutric Fluvisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Fine	Fine	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Poor	Somewhat excessive	Poor	Poor	Very poor	Very poor	Very poor	Very poor	Poor
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	75 m	75 m	150 m	150 m
Phase 1				Phreatic	Phreatic	Phreatic			Phreatic	Phreatic
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	None to 80 cm
Impermeable Layer	80 - 150 cm	80 - 150 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	40 - 80 cm	80 - 150 cm	0 - 40 cm	0 - 40 cm	40 - 80 cm	80 - 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 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 over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm 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	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	9 %	4 %	2 %	4 %	4 %	28 %	1 %	4 %	1 %	4 %
Sand	42 %	37 %	89 %	37 %	38 %	35 %	17 %	19 %	17 %	39 %
Silt	36 %	44 %	6 %	40 %	42 %	33 %	29 %	32 %	32 %	40 %
Clay	22 %	19 %	5 %	23 %	20 %	32 %	54 %	49 %	51 %	21 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Sand	Loam	Loam	Clay loam	Clay	Clay	Clay	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.37 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1 %	0.99 %	0.5 %	1.07 %	4.59 %	39.4 %	4.54 %	1.19 %	1.25 %	0.86 %
PH	6.6	5.8	6	6.2	5.2	5.6	5	6.2	5.8	7.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	55 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	93 %	62 %	99 %	88 %	82 %	75 %	22 %	91 %	78 %	91 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	14 cmol kg⁻¹	8.4 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	10.2 cmol kg⁻¹	1.8 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	7.1 cmol kg⁻¹	22.7 cmol kg⁻¹	18.9 cmol kg⁻¹	16.9 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.5 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	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	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	12 %	4 %	1 %	5 %	5 %	5 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	7 %
Sand	41 %	31 %	89 %	36 %	38 %	52 %	22 %	21 %	19 %	41 %
Silt	34 %	38 %	6 %	36 %	32 %	23 %	25 %	32 %	29 %	38 %
Clay	25 %	31 %	5 %	28 %	30 %	25 %	53 %	47 %	52 %	21 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Clay loam	Sand	Clay loam	Clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay	Clay	Clay	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.38 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.55 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.37 %	0.29 %	0.3 %	0.37 %	0.67 %	38.46 %	1.23 %	0.55 %	0.45 %	0.38 %
PH	7	5.9	5.9	6.6	5.2	5.8	5	6.8	6	7.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	55 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	15 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	93 %	83 %	98 %	90 %	86 %	96 %	27 %	99 %	84 %	96 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	10.2 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	18.2 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	15.2 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.2 %	0 %	2.5 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	3 %	2 %	4 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	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

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