World Species : Protected Area : Slovenský kras

Slovenský kras

Location:	Slovakia
Area:	100,327 acres (40,601 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Dfb (Climate: snow; Precipitation: fully humid; Temperature: warm summer)
Natura 2000 Data Sheet:	View Data Sheet Explanatory notes

Ecoregions

Carpathian montane forests
Pannonian mixed forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A			B			C						D					E							F

Share	50 %	35 %	15 %	90 %	5 %	5 %	60 %	15 %	10 %	5 %	5 %	5 %	50 %	30 %	10 %	5 %	5 %	45 %	20 %	10 %	10 %	5 %	5 %	5 %	50 %	15 %	15 %	10 %	5 %	5 %
Soil Type	Haplic Phaeozems	Eutric Fluvisols	Eutric Vertisols	Eutric Fluvisols	Eutric Gleysols	Mollie Fluvisols	Rendzic Leptosols	Rendzic Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Eutric Cambisols	Chromic Luvisols	Rendzic Leptosols	Eutric Cambisols	Eutric Cambisols	Eutric Planosols	Rendzic Leptosols	Dystric Fluvisols	Dystric Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Umbric Leptosols	Ferric Podzols	Rendzic Leptosols	Chromic Cambisols	Gleyic Podzoluvisols	Haplic Luvisols	Dystric Planosols	Calcaric Regosols	Haplic Phaeozems	Eutric Cambisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Fine	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	30 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Very poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Imperfectly	Poor	Moderately well	Well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	125 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	15 mm	15 mm	15 mm	50 m	100 m	15 mm	50 m	50 m	100 m	15 mm	150 m	100 m	50 m	100 m	15 mm	50 m	15 mm	100 m	100 m	150 m	100 m	50 m	150 m	50 m
Phase 1							Stony	Stony		Gravelly		Stony	Gravelly	Gravelly		Stony		Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony	Fragipan		Fragipan	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				None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm		None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm		0 - 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm		40 - 60 cm		None to 80 cm	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	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm				None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm		None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm		40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm		None to 150 cm		None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm
Soil Water Regime	Wet within 80 cm for 3 to 6 months, but not 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	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	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	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		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	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	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
Misc. Property			Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	2 %	4 %	4 %	4 %	4 %	4 %	16 %	16 %	21 %	9 %	12 %	16 %	9 %	9 %	4 %	16 %	4 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	3 %	16 %	10 %	1 %	4 %	4 %	14 %	2 %	9 %
Sand	38 %	19 %	19 %	39 %	37 %	45 %	37 %	37 %	42 %	42 %	48 %	37 %	42 %	42 %	42 %	37 %	47 %	42 %	75 %	42 %	79 %	86 %	37 %	49 %	32 %	41 %	42 %	44 %	38 %	42 %
Silt	39 %	32 %	25 %	40 %	40 %	36 %	44 %	44 %	34 %	36 %	28 %	44 %	36 %	36 %	38 %	44 %	33 %	38 %	15 %	38 %	13 %	8 %	44 %	28 %	49 %	37 %	38 %	35 %	39 %	36 %
Clay	23 %	49 %	56 %	21 %	23 %	19 %	19 %	19 %	24 %	22 %	24 %	19 %	22 %	22 %	20 %	19 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	20 %	8 %	6 %	19 %	23 %	19 %	22 %	20 %	21 %	23 %	22 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Clay	Clay	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.38 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.3 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.56 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.95 %	1.19 %	1.05 %	0.86 %	1.07 %	1.57 %	2.13 %	2.13 %	1.61 %	1 %	0.83 %	2.13 %	1 %	1 %	1.06 %	2.13 %	1.05 %	1.45 %	0.7 %	1.45 %	2.59 %	2.02 %	2.13 %	0.98 %	2.22 %	0.74 %	1.14 %	0.75 %	1.95 %	1 %
PH	6.4	6.2	6.9	7.2	6.2	6.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	6.6	6.3	7.5	6.6	6.6	5.6	7.5	4.8	5.1	5.1	5.1	4.7	4.5	7.5	6.6	5.3	6.5	4.5	8	6.4	6.6
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	55 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	70 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	60 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	20 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	43 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	87 %	91 %	100 %	91 %	88 %	80 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	93 %	88 %	100 %	93 %	93 %	67 %	100 %	36 %	38 %	28 %	38 %	86 %	17 %	100 %	83 %	55 %	91 %	40 %	100 %	87 %	93 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	12.4 cmol kg⁻¹	22.7 cmol kg⁻¹	40.9 cmol kg⁻¹	16.9 cmol kg⁻¹	10.2 cmol kg⁻¹	9.5 cmol kg⁻¹	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	8.4 cmol kg⁻¹	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹	11.6 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	2.2 cmol kg⁻¹	26.8 cmol kg⁻¹	12.4 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0.2 %	0.5 %	0 %	0.1 %	6 %	6 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %	6 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	6 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	6 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	15 %	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 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	3 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	3 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	5 %	2 %	0 %	0 %	2 %	2 %	0 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	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	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	0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	4 %	3 %	5 %	7 %	5 %	8 %				12 %	8 %		12 %	12 %	4 %		8 %	19 %	9 %	19 %		3 %		9 %	4 %	3 %	4 %	18 %	4 %	12 %
Sand	40 %	21 %	18 %	41 %	36 %	52 %				41 %	41 %		41 %	41 %	33 %		51 %	45 %	68 %	45 %		86 %		47 %	25 %	37 %	28 %	40 %	40 %	41 %
Silt	37 %	32 %	24 %	38 %	36 %	29 %				34 %	25 %		34 %	34 %	31 %		29 %	35 %	17 %	35 %		6 %		26 %	51 %	34 %	29 %	35 %	37 %	34 %
Clay	23 %	47 %	58 %	21 %	28 %	19 %				25 %	34 %		25 %	25 %	36 %		20 %	20 %	15 %	20 %		8 %		27 %	24 %	29 %	43 %	25 %	23 %	25 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Clay	Clay	Loam	Clay loam	Sandy loam				Loam	Clay loam		Loam	Loam	Clay loam		Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam		Loamy sand		Sandy clay loam	Silt loam	Clay loam	Clay	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³				1.38 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³		1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³		1.43 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³		1.63 g/cm³		1.38 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³				1.39 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³		1.39 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³		1.39 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³		1.57 g/cm³		1.44 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.67 %	0.55 %	0.59 %	0.38 %	0.37 %	0.56 %				0.37 %	0.4 %		0.37 %	0.37 %	0.43 %		0.41 %	0.5 %	0.27 %	0.5 %		0.51 %		0.47 %	0.5 %	0.36 %	0.37 %	0.47 %	0.67 %	0.37 %
PH	6.8	6.8	7.5	7.5	6.6	6.7				7	6.4		7	7	6.3		4.9	5.2	5	5.2		5.1		6.7	5.4	6.7	4.8	8.1	6.8	7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	64 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	70 cmol kg⁻¹	61 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	62 cmol kg⁻¹				55 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹		55 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹		20 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹		50 cmol kg⁻¹		44 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	26 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	17 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹				15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹		15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹		7 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹		2 cmol kg⁻¹		15 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	95 %	99 %	100 %	96 %	90 %	85 %				93 %	90 %		93 %	93 %	89 %		29 %	33 %	36 %	33 %		21 %		92 %	59 %	93 %	57 %	100 %	95 %	93 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	13.8 cmol kg⁻¹	18.2 cmol kg⁻¹	44.2 cmol kg⁻¹	15.2 cmol kg⁻¹	11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	5.9 cmol kg⁻¹				15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹		15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	15.2 cmol kg⁻¹		2 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹		1.5 cmol kg⁻¹		11.9 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	11.4 cmol kg⁻¹	36.5 cmol kg⁻¹	13.8 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.1 %	0.2 %	0.8 %	2.5 %	0 %	0.1 %				0.1 %	0 %		0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %		0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	15 %	0.1 %	0.1 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %				0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	2 %	2 %	3 %	2 %	3 %				2 %	1 %		2 %	2 %	4 %		2 %	2 %	5 %	2 %		0 %		1 %	0 %	1 %	7 %	2 %	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	0.3 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