World Species : Protected Area : Vale do Côa

Vale do Côa

Location:	Portugal
Area:	50,922 acres (20,607 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

Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests
Northwest Iberian montane forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A				B							C							D

Share	40 %	25 %	15 %	15 %	40 %	20 %	10 %	10 %	5 %	5 %	5 %	60 %	10 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	60 %	30 %	3 %	3 %
Soil Type	Dystric Regosols	Dystric Cambisols	Umbric Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Dystric Regosols	Umbric Leptosols	Dystric Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Eutric Cambisols	Haplic Luvisols	Haplic Acrisols	Humic Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Umbric Leptosols	Dystric Fluvisols	Dystric Cambisols	Haplic Luvisols	Chromic Luvisols	Haplic Luvisols	Lithic Leptosols	Chromic Luvisols	Eutric Vertisols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	10 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Poor
Available Water Capacity	100 m	15 m	15 mm	15 mm	150 m	15 mm	150 m	15 mm	150 m	150 m	50 m	50 m	0 mm	15 mm	150 m	15 m	15 m	15 m	15 m	0 mm	50 m	125 m
Phase 1		Gravelly	Gravelly									Lithic	Gravelly	Stony		Lithic	Lithic	Lithic	Lithic	Gravelly	Lithic
Phase 2		Lithic											Stony				Gravelly	Gravelly	Gravelly	Stony
Root Obstacle	40 - 60 cm	60 - 80 cm			40 - 60 cm		60 - 80 cm		60 - 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	20 - 40 cm	60 - 80 cm			None to 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm	20 - 40 cm		40 - 60 cm	None to 80 cm
Impermeable Layer										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		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		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		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
Misc. Property																						Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	19 %	10 %	10 %	21 %	19 %	6 %	10 %	21 %	9 %	4 %	4 %	8 %	21 %	10 %	4 %	10 %	4 %	12 %	4 %	21 %	12 %	7 %
Sand	78 %	75 %	79 %	73 %	42 %	49 %	42 %	42 %	42 %	41 %	81 %	41 %	42 %	79 %	47 %	75 %	41 %	48 %	41 %	42 %	48 %	44 %
Silt	13 %	15 %	13 %	18 %	37 %	31 %	38 %	34 %	36 %	37 %	9 %	36 %	34 %	13 %	33 %	15 %	37 %	28 %	37 %	34 %	28 %	27 %
Clay	9 %	10 %	8 %	9 %	21 %	20 %	20 %	24 %	22 %	22 %	10 %	23 %	24 %	8 %	20 %	10 %	22 %	24 %	22 %	24 %	24 %	29 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.6 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³	1.59 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	1.39 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	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.27 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.45 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	1.3 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.7 %	0.7 %	2.59 %	1.4 %	1.39 %	2.4 %	1.45 %	1.61 %	1 %	0.74 %	0.5 %	2.72 %	1.61 %	2.59 %	1.05 %	0.7 %	0.74 %	0.83 %	0.74 %	1.61 %	0.83 %	1.5 %
PH	5.6	5.1	4.7	7.5	5.1	5.1	5.1	7.5	6.6	6.5	5.5	5.3	7.5	4.7	4.8	5.1	6.5	6.3	6.5	7.5	6.3	6.7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	29 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	85 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	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	47 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	59 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	6 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	12 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	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	13 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	98 %	28 %	86 %	86 %	24 %	36 %	38 %	100 %	93 %	91 %	72 %	25 %	100 %	86 %	36 %	28 %	91 %	88 %	91 %	100 %	88 %	86 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	4.1 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 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	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	11 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	19.5 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	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 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	5 %	0 %	1 %	1 %	4 %	2 %	3 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	3 %	0 %	2 %	5 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	3 %	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	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	14 %	9 %			26 %		19 %		12 %	3 %	6 %	6 %			8 %	9 %	3 %	8 %	3 %		8 %	3 %
Sand	77 %	68 %			46 %		45 %		41 %	37 %	67 %	44 %			51 %	68 %	37 %	41 %	37 %		41 %	40 %
Silt	13 %	17 %			34 %		35 %		34 %	34 %	10 %	32 %			29 %	17 %	34 %	25 %	34 %		25 %	23 %
Clay	10 %	15 %			20 %		20 %		25 %	29 %	23 %	24 %			20 %	15 %	29 %	34 %	29 %		34 %	37 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Sandy loam			Loam		Loam		Loam	Clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam			Loam	Sandy loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam		Clay loam	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.58 g/cm³	1.51 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			1.43 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³		1.33 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.5 g/cm³	1.5 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			1.39 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³		1.51 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.31 %	0.27 %			0.6 %		0.5 %		0.37 %	0.36 %	0.3 %	1.07 %			0.41 %	0.27 %	0.36 %	0.4 %	0.36 %		0.4 %	0.65 %
PH	5.3	5			4.9		5.2		7	6.7	5.2	5.3			4.9	5	6.7	6.4	6.7		6.4	7.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	36 cmol kg⁻¹	31 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			20 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹		41 cmol kg⁻¹	67 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	4 cmol kg⁻¹	5 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			7 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹		15 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	28 %	36 %			21 %		33 %		93 %	93 %	42 %	30 %			29 %	36 %	93 %	90 %	93 %		90 %	90 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	1 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 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 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹		12 cmol kg⁻¹	23.9 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %			0 %		0 %		0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %			0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0.1 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %			0 %		0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %			0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0.1 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	5 %			1 %		2 %		2 %	1 %	3 %	2 %			2 %	5 %	1 %	1 %	1 %		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	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