World Species : Protected Area : Montesinho/Nogueira

Montesinho/Nogueira

Location:	Portugal
Area:	266,900 acres (108,011 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Csb (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: summer dry; Temperature: warm summer)
Natura 2000 Data Sheet:	View Data Sheet Explanatory notes

Ecoregions

Northwest Iberian montane forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A				B				C							D			E

Share	60 %	20 %	15 %	5 %	50 %	30 %	10 %	10 %	40 %	20 %	10 %	10 %	5 %	5 %	5 %	60 %	7 %	3 %	60 %	10 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	2 %
Soil Type	Umbric Leptosols	Humic Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Dystric Cambisols	Humic Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Umbric Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Dystric Regosols	Umbric Leptosols	Dystric Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Eutric Cambisols	Haplic Luvisols	Haplic Acrisols	Umbric Leptosols	Humic Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Humic Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Umbric Leptosols	Dystric Fluvisols	Dystric Cambisols	Haplic Luvisols	Chromic Luvisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	30 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	10 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	10 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly
Available Water Capacity	15 mm	50 m	15 mm	50 m	15 m	15 m	15 mm	0 mm	150 m	15 mm	150 m	15 mm	150 m	150 m	50 m	15 mm	15 m	0 mm	50 m	0 mm	15 mm	150 m	15 m	15 m	15 m
Phase 1		Lithic	Stony	Lithic	Gravelly	Gravelly	Gravelly	Gravelly								Stony	Lithic	Gravelly	Lithic	Gravelly	Stony		Lithic	Lithic	Lithic
Phase 2					Lithic	Lithic											Gravelly	Stony		Stony				Gravelly	Gravelly
Root Obstacle		20 - 40 cm		20 - 40 cm	40 - 60 cm	20 - 40 cm			40 - 60 cm		60 - 80 cm		60 - 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	20 - 40 cm		40 - 60 cm		60 - 80 cm			None to 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm
Impermeable Layer		None to 150 cm		None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm								None to 150 cm	0 - 40 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		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			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 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			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	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	6 %	8 %	21 %	10 %	8 %	10 %	6 %	21 %	19 %	6 %	10 %	21 %	9 %	4 %	4 %	6 %	8 %	21 %	8 %	21 %	10 %	4 %	10 %	4 %	12 %
Sand	49 %	41 %	42 %	42 %	41 %	42 %	49 %	42 %	42 %	49 %	42 %	42 %	42 %	41 %	81 %	49 %	41 %	73 %	41 %	42 %	79 %	47 %	75 %	41 %	48 %
Silt	31 %	36 %	34 %	38 %	36 %	38 %	31 %	34 %	37 %	31 %	38 %	34 %	36 %	37 %	9 %	31 %	36 %	18 %	36 %	34 %	13 %	33 %	15 %	37 %	28 %
Clay	20 %	23 %	24 %	20 %	23 %	20 %	20 %	24 %	21 %	20 %	20 %	24 %	22 %	22 %	10 %	20 %	23 %	9 %	23 %	24 %	8 %	20 %	10 %	22 %	24 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.43 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.1 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	2.4 %	2.72 %	1.61 %	1.45 %	2.72 %	1.45 %	2.4 %	1.61 %	1.39 %	2.4 %	1.45 %	1.61 %	1 %	0.74 %	0.5 %	2.4 %	2.72 %	1.4 %	2.72 %	1.61 %	2.59 %	1.05 %	0.7 %	0.74 %	0.83 %
PH	5.1	5.3	7.5	5.1	5.3	5.1	5.1	7.5	5.1	5.1	5.1	7.5	6.6	6.5	5.5	5.1	5.3	7.5	5.3	7.5	4.7	4.8	5.1	6.5	6.3
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	34 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	85 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	12 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	36 %	25 %	100 %	38 %	25 %	38 %	36 %	100 %	24 %	36 %	38 %	100 %	93 %	91 %	72 %	36 %	25 %	86 %	25 %	100 %	86 %	36 %	28 %	91 %	88 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	5.4 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	5.4 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	3.6 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	5.4 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.4 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	4 %	1 %	3 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	4 %	3 %	1 %	4 %	2 %	3 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	4 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	3 %	0 %	2 %	5 %	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	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	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel		6 %		19 %	6 %	19 %			26 %		19 %		12 %	3 %	6 %		6 %		6 %			8 %	9 %	3 %	8 %
Sand		44 %		45 %	44 %	45 %			46 %		45 %		41 %	37 %	67 %		44 %		44 %			51 %	68 %	37 %	41 %
Silt		32 %		35 %	32 %	35 %			34 %		35 %		34 %	34 %	10 %		32 %		32 %			29 %	17 %	34 %	25 %
Clay		24 %		20 %	24 %	20 %			20 %		20 %		25 %	29 %	23 %		24 %		24 %			20 %	15 %	29 %	34 %
USDA Texture		Loam		Loam	Loam	Loam			Loam		Loam		Loam	Clay loam	Sandy clay loam		Loam		Loam			Loam	Sandy loam	Clay loam	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density		1.39 g/cm³		1.42 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³			1.42 g/cm³		1.42 g/cm³		1.38 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³		1.39 g/cm³		1.39 g/cm³			1.43 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³
Bulk Density		1.16 g/cm³		1.36 g/cm³	1.16 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³			1.48 g/cm³		1.36 g/cm³		1.39 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³		1.16 g/cm³		1.16 g/cm³			1.39 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³
Organic Carbon		1.07 %		0.5 %	1.07 %	0.5 %			0.6 %		0.5 %		0.37 %	0.36 %	0.3 %		1.07 %		1.07 %			0.41 %	0.27 %	0.36 %	0.4 %
PH		5.3		5.2	5.3	5.2			4.9		5.2		7	6.7	5.2		5.3		5.3			4.9	5	6.7	6.4
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity		37 cmol kg⁻¹		35 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹			28 cmol kg⁻¹		35 cmol kg⁻¹		55 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹		37 cmol kg⁻¹		37 cmol kg⁻¹			20 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity		14 cmol kg⁻¹		9 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹			6 cmol kg⁻¹		9 cmol kg⁻¹		15 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹		14 cmol kg⁻¹		14 cmol kg⁻¹			7 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation		30 %		33 %	30 %	33 %			21 %		33 %		93 %	93 %	42 %		30 %		30 %			29 %	36 %	93 %	90 %
Total Exchangeable Bases		2.5 cmol kg⁻¹		2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹			1.8 cmol kg⁻¹		2.6 cmol kg⁻¹		15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.4 cmol kg⁻¹		2.5 cmol kg⁻¹		2.5 cmol kg⁻¹			2 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate		0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %			0 %		0 %		0.1 %	0 %	0 %		0 %		0 %			0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate		0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %			0 %		0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %		0 %			0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium		2 %		2 %	2 %	2 %			1 %		2 %		2 %	1 %	3 %		2 %		2 %			2 %	5 %	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		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