World Species : Protected Area : Pärlälvens fjällurskog

Pärlälvens fjällurskog

Location:	Sweden
Area:	285,965 acres (115,726 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Dfc (Climate: snow; Precipitation: fully humid; Temperature: cool summer)
Natura 2000 Data Sheet:	View Data Sheet Explanatory notes

Ecoregions

Scandinavian and Russian taiga
Scandinavian Montane Birch forest and grasslands

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A							B

Share	38 %	24 %	16 %	10 %	6 %	2 %	2 %	54 %	26 %	15 %	3 %	2 %
Soil Type	Haplic Podzols	Fibric Histosols	Haplic Arenosols	Gleyic Podzols	Lithic Leptosols	Dystric Regosols	Dystric Cambisols	Haplic Podzols	Haplic Arenosols	Fibric Histosols	Lithic Leptosols	Dystric Regosols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Fine	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Fine	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Very poor	Somewhat excessive	Poor	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Very poor	Imperfectly	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	50 m	150 m	15 m	50 m	15 mm	100 m	150 m	50 m	15 m	150 m	15 mm	100 m
Phase 1	Stony		Gravelly	Stony	Stony	Stony		Stony	Gravelly		Stony	Stony
Phase 2	Gravelly			Gravelly				Gravelly
Root Obstacle	40 - 60 cm	20 - 40 cm	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 cm		40 - 60 cm	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	None to 80 cm	20 - 40 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	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	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month	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	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month		Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	15 %	1 %	4 %	15 %	21 %	19 %	10 %	15 %	4 %	1 %	21 %	19 %
Sand	50 %	20 %	90 %	24 %	42 %	42 %	42 %	50 %	90 %	20 %	42 %	42 %
Silt	40 %	40 %	5 %	64 %	34 %	37 %	38 %	40 %	5 %	40 %	34 %	37 %
Clay	10 %	40 %	5 %	12 %	24 %	21 %	20 %	10 %	5 %	40 %	24 %	21 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Clay	Sand	Silt loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sand	Clay	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.53 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.71 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.71 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	0.96 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	5.27 %	33.63 %	0.4 %	2.95 %	1.61 %	1.39 %	1.45 %	5.27 %	0.4 %	33.63 %	1.61 %	1.39 %
PH	4.5	4.3	6.2	4.6	7.5	5.1	5.1	4.5	6.2	4.3	7.5	5.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	89 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	76 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	89 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	28 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	28 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	11 %	62 %	93 %	10 %	100 %	24 %	38 %	11 %	93 %	62 %	100 %	24 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	5.6 cmol kg⁻¹	31.4 cmol kg⁻¹	3.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.4 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	5.6 cmol kg⁻¹	3.3 cmol kg⁻¹	31.4 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	2 %	3 %	0 %	3 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	2 %	3 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 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	15 %	2 %	4 %	17 %		26 %	19 %	15 %	4 %	2 %		26 %
Sand	55 %	47 %	90 %	29 %		46 %	45 %	55 %	90 %	47 %		46 %
Silt	35 %	26 %	5 %	57 %		34 %	35 %	35 %	5 %	26 %		34 %
Clay	10 %	27 %	5 %	14 %		20 %	20 %	10 %	5 %	27 %		20 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Sandy clay loam	Sand	Silt loam		Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Sand	Sandy clay loam		Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.54 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.71 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³		1.42 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.71 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³		1.42 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.44 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³		1.48 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³		1.48 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.81 %	32.89 %	0.21 %	1.16 %		0.6 %	0.5 %	0.81 %	0.21 %	32.89 %		0.6 %
PH	5	4.6	6.1	5.1		4.9	5.2	5	6.1	4.6		4.9
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	55 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹		28 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹		28 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	8 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹		6 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹		6 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	13 %	40 %	100 %	13 %		21 %	33 %	13 %	100 %	40 %		21 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	0.8 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	0.8 cmol kg⁻¹		1.8 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	0.8 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹		1.8 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	0 %	1 %	3 %	0 %		1 %	2 %	0 %	3 %	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

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