World Species : Protected Area : Kuusivaara

Kuusivaara

Location:	Sweden
Area:	3,759 acres (1,521 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

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A						B

Share	38 %	32 %	14 %	10 %	3 %	3 %	38 %	24 %	16 %	10 %	6 %	2 %	2 %
Soil Type	Fibric Histosols	Haplic Podzols	Haplic Arenosols	Gleyic Podzols	Dystric Regosols	Lithic Leptosols	Haplic Podzols	Fibric Histosols	Haplic Arenosols	Gleyic Podzols	Lithic Leptosols	Dystric Regosols	Dystric Cambisols
Topsoil Texture	Fine	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Very poor	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Poor	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Very poor	Somewhat excessive	Poor	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	150 m	50 m	15 m	50 m	100 m	15 mm	50 m	150 m	15 m	50 m	15 mm	100 m	150 m
Phase 1		Stony	Gravelly	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony		Gravelly	Stony	Stony	Stony
Phase 2		Gravelly		Gravelly			Gravelly			Gravelly
Root Obstacle	20 - 40 cm	40 - 60 cm	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm		40 - 60 cm	20 - 40 cm	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 cm		40 - 60 cm	None to 80 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	None to 150 cm
Soil Water Regime	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	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	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
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	1 %	15 %	4 %	15 %	19 %	21 %	15 %	1 %	4 %	15 %	21 %	19 %	10 %
Sand	20 %	50 %	90 %	24 %	42 %	42 %	50 %	20 %	90 %	24 %	42 %	42 %	42 %
Silt	40 %	40 %	5 %	64 %	37 %	34 %	40 %	40 %	5 %	64 %	34 %	37 %	38 %
Clay	40 %	10 %	5 %	12 %	21 %	24 %	10 %	40 %	5 %	12 %	24 %	21 %	20 %
USDA Texture	Clay	Loam	Sand	Silt loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay	Sand	Silt loam	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.26 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.71 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	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
Bulk Density	0.1 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	0.96 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	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
Organic Carbon	33.63 %	5.27 %	0.4 %	2.95 %	1.39 %	1.61 %	5.27 %	33.63 %	0.4 %	2.95 %	1.61 %	1.39 %	1.45 %
PH	4.3	4.5	6.2	4.6	5.1	7.5	4.5	4.3	6.2	4.6	7.5	5.1	5.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	45 cmol kg⁻¹	89 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	76 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	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
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	77 cmol kg⁻¹	28 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	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
Base Saturation	62 %	11 %	93 %	10 %	24 %	100 %	11 %	62 %	93 %	10 %	100 %	24 %	38 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	31.4 cmol kg⁻¹	5.6 cmol kg⁻¹	3.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.4 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	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
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	3 %	0 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	2 %	3 %	0 %	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
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	2 %	15 %	4 %	17 %	26 %		15 %	2 %	4 %	17 %		26 %	19 %
Sand	47 %	55 %	90 %	29 %	46 %		55 %	47 %	90 %	29 %		46 %	45 %
Silt	26 %	35 %	5 %	57 %	34 %		35 %	26 %	5 %	57 %		34 %	35 %
Clay	27 %	10 %	5 %	14 %	20 %		10 %	27 %	5 %	14 %		20 %	20 %
USDA Texture	Sandy clay loam	Sandy loam	Sand	Silt loam	Loam		Sandy loam	Sandy clay loam	Sand	Silt loam		Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.38 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.71 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³		1.54 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.71 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³		1.42 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³
Bulk Density	0.1 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.48 g/cm³		1.44 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³		1.48 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	32.89 %	0.81 %	0.21 %	1.16 %	0.6 %		0.81 %	32.89 %	0.21 %	1.16 %		0.6 %	0.5 %
PH	4.6	5	6.1	5.1	4.9		5	4.6	6.1	5.1		4.9	5.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	71 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹	28 cmol kg⁻¹		55 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹		28 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	78 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹		8 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹		6 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	40 %	13 %	100 %	13 %	21 %		13 %	40 %	100 %	13 %		21 %	33 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹	0.8 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	0.8 cmol kg⁻¹	1.8 cmol kg⁻¹		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
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	0 %	3 %	0 %	1 %		0 %	1 %	3 %	0 %		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

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