World Species : Protected Area : Torfowiska Chelmskie

Torfowiska Chelmskie

Location:	Poland
Area:	5,249 acres (2,124 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	45 %	25 %	10 %	10 %	5 %	5 %	60 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	10 %
Soil Type	Haplic Podzols	Cambic Podzols	Cambic Arenosols	Umbric Gleysols	Dystric Gleysols	Terric Histosols	Terric Histosols	Umbric Gleysols	Eutric Fluvisols	Eutric Gleysols	Eutric Fluvisols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	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	100 cm
Drainage	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Poor	Poor	Very poor	Very poor	Very poor	Very poor	Very poor	Poor
Available Water Capacity	100 m	100 m	100 m	75 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	None to 80 cm
Impermeable Layer	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	0 - 40 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	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 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 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	3 %	3 %	2 %	10 %	10 %	28 %	28 %	1 %	4 %	1 %	4 %
Sand	87 %	85 %	89 %	86 %	74 %	35 %	35 %	17 %	19 %	17 %	39 %
Silt	9 %	10 %	6 %	9 %	16 %	33 %	33 %	29 %	32 %	32 %	40 %
Clay	4 %	5 %	5 %	5 %	10 %	32 %	32 %	54 %	49 %	51 %	21 %
USDA Texture	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Sand	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay	Clay	Clay	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.73 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	2.18 %	2.02 %	0.5 %	0.7 %	0.93 %	39.4 %	39.4 %	4.54 %	1.19 %	1.25 %	0.86 %
PH	4.4	4.3	6	5.9	5.2	5.6	5.6	5	6.2	5.8	7.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	101 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	43 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	45 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	9 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	87 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	11 %	17 %	99 %	74 %	48 %	75 %	75 %	22 %	91 %	78 %	91 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 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 %	0.5 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	0 %	2 %	0 %	2 %	1 %	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	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	4 %	3 %	1 %	8 %	8 %	5 %	5 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	7 %
Sand	88 %	86 %	89 %	82 %	68 %	52 %	52 %	22 %	21 %	19 %	41 %
Silt	8 %	10 %	6 %	11 %	16 %	23 %	23 %	25 %	32 %	29 %	38 %
Clay	4 %	4 %	5 %	7 %	16 %	25 %	25 %	53 %	47 %	52 %	21 %
USDA Texture	Sand	Loamy sand	Sand	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay	Clay	Clay	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.74 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.64 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.51 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.55 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.39 %	0.51 %	0.3 %	0.3 %	0.23 %	38.46 %	38.46 %	1.23 %	0.55 %	0.45 %	0.38 %
PH	5	4.8	5.9	6.2	5	5.8	5.8	5	6.8	6	7.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	66 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	49 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	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	88 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	21 %	21 %	98 %	81 %	54 %	96 %	96 %	27 %	99 %	84 %	96 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	3.4 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 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 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.2 %	0 %	2.5 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	0 %	3 %	0 %	3 %	1 %	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	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