World Species : Protected Area : Baimaxueshan Nature Reserve

Baimaxueshan Nature Reserve

Location:	Yunnan, China
IUCN Category:	V
Area:	462,837 acres (187,303 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Cwb (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: winter dry; Temperature: warm summer)

Ecoregions

Hengduan Mountains subalpine conifer forests
Nujiang Langcang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K

Soil Type	Haplic Luvisols	Calcaric Cambisols	Calcaric Cambisols	Cumulic Anthrosols	Gelic Leptosols	Mollic Leptosols	Gelic Leptosols	Haplic Acrisols	Haplic Luvisols	Haplic Luvisols	Haplic Luvisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	30 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	50 mm	50 mm	50 mm	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m
Phase 1				Anthraquic
Misc. Property					Gelic (permafrost within 200 cm)		Gelic (permafrost within 200 cm)
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	4 %	6 %	6 %	10 %	13 %	6 %	13 %	4 %	4 %	4 %	4 %
Sand	41 %	36 %	36 %	29 %	56 %	35 %	56 %	27 %	41 %	41 %	41 %
Silt	37 %	43 %	43 %	50 %	38 %	45 %	38 %	25 %	37 %	37 %	37 %
Clay	22 %	21 %	21 %	21 %	6 %	20 %	6 %	48 %	22 %	22 %	22 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Loam	Silt loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Clay	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.61 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.61 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.43 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.14 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.74 %	0.65 %	0.65 %	1.12 %	1.41 %	3.02 %	1.41 %	1.24 %	0.74 %	0.74 %	0.74 %
PH	6.5	8	8	7.8	5.7	7.5	5.7	4.8	6.5	6.5	6.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	47 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	84 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	13 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	91 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	71 %	71 %	71 %	39 %	91 %	91 %	91 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	11 cmol kg⁻¹	24.3 cmol kg⁻¹	24.3 cmol kg⁻¹	24.1 cmol kg⁻¹	8.6 cmol kg⁻¹	8.6 cmol kg⁻¹	8.6 cmol kg⁻¹	5.4 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	7 %	7 %	9.3 %	0 %	2.5 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	0 %	2 %	0 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.3 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	3 %	10 %	10 %	10 %				6 %	3 %	3 %	3 %
Sand	37 %	34 %	34 %	34 %				22 %	37 %	37 %	37 %
Silt	34 %	43 %	43 %	45 %				22 %	34 %	34 %	34 %
Clay	29 %	23 %	23 %	21 %				56 %	29 %	29 %	29 %
USDA Texture	Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Loam				Clay	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.35 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³				1.22 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.51 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³				1.25 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.36 %	0.43 %	0.43 %	0.82 %				0.45 %	0.36 %	0.36 %	0.36 %
PH	6.7	8.1	8.1	7.9				5	6.7	6.7	6.7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	50 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹				11 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	14 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹				8 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	93 %	100 %	100 %	100 %				30 %	93 %	93 %	93 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	28.7 cmol kg⁻¹	28.7 cmol kg⁻¹	32.9 cmol kg⁻¹				4.2 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	8.7 %	8.7 %	9.4 %				0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0.4 %	0.4 %	0 %				0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %				2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.3 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