World Species : Protected Area : Paul do Taipal

Paul do Taipal

Location:	Portugal
Area:	577 acres (233 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

Southwest Iberian Mediterranean sclerophyllous and mixed forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

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Share	70 %	6 %	6 %	6 %	6 %	6 %
Soil Type	Eutric Cambisols	Gleyic Luvisols	Eutric Regosols	Haplic Podzols	Chromic Cambisols	Chromic Luvisols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Well	Poor	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Well	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	15 m	15 m	100 m	100 m	15 m	150 m
Phase 1	Gravelly	Gravelly			Gravelly
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
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
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 over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 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	10 %	4 %	15 %	3 %	5 %	12 %
Sand	77 %	80 %	83 %	87 %	79 %	48 %
Silt	14 %	11 %	11 %	9 %	10 %	28 %
Clay	9 %	9 %	6 %	4 %	11 %	24 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.6 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.5 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.48 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.7 %	0.63 %	0.5 %	2.18 %	0.65 %	0.83 %
PH	6.9	6.5	6.6	4.4	7.1	6.3
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	49 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	101 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	7 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	91 %	83 %	93 %	11 %	89 %	88 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	6.7 cmol kg⁻¹	6.1 cmol kg⁻¹	4.2 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	6.1 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	5.7 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %	3 %	1 %	3 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	20 %	5 %	22 %	4 %	9 %	8 %
Sand	67 %	68 %	80 %	88 %	74 %	41 %
Silt	16 %	10 %	11 %	8 %	11 %	25 %
Clay	17 %	22 %	9 %	4 %	15 %	34 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Sandy clay loam	Loamy sand	Sand	Sandy loam	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.48 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.74 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.5 g/cm³	1.55 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.4 %	0.3 %	0.3 %	0.39 %	0.2 %	0.4 %
PH	7.3	6.4	6.7	5	7.4	6.4
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	48 cmol kg⁻¹	43 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	8 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	91 %	80 %	76 %	21 %	91 %	90 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	9.3 cmol kg⁻¹	5.9 cmol kg⁻¹	2.8 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	7.9 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	3 %	3 %	2 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.2 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