World Species : Protected Area : Caenlochan

Caenlochan

Location:	Scotland, United Kingdom
Area:	12,860 acres (5,204 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Website:	View website
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Cfb (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: fully humid; Temperature: warm summer)
Natura 2000 Data Sheet:	View Data Sheet Explanatory notes

Ecoregions

Caledon conifer forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A			B			C				D

Share	50 %	20 %	20 %	70 %	20 %	10 %	50 %	30 %	10 %	10 %	90 %	5 %	5 %
Soil Type	Umbric Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Ferric Podzols	Haplic Podzols	Ferric Podzols	Dystric Gleysols	Ferric Podzols	Fibric Histosols	Lithic Leptosols	Umbric Gleysols	Fibric Histosols	Umbric Gleysols	Ferric Podzols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Fine	Medium	Fine	Fine	Fine	Coarse
Reference Depth	30 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Poor	Somewhat excessive	Very poor	Imperfectly	Very poor	Very poor	Very poor	Somewhat excessive
Available Water Capacity	15 mm	15 mm	15 m	100 m	100 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	15 mm	150 m	150 m	150 m	75 m
Phase 1			Stony
Root Obstacle			60 - 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	None to 80 cm		None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 cm
Impermeable Layer			40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	80 - 150 cm	None to 150 cm		40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	40 - 80 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 for 3 to 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month		Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	6 %	21 %	3 %	3 %	3 %	10 %	3 %	1 %	21 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	3 %
Sand	49 %	73 %	86 %	87 %	86 %	74 %	86 %	20 %	42 %	17 %	20 %	17 %	86 %
Silt	31 %	18 %	8 %	9 %	8 %	16 %	8 %	40 %	34 %	29 %	40 %	29 %	8 %
Clay	20 %	9 %	6 %	4 %	6 %	10 %	6 %	40 %	24 %	54 %	40 %	54 %	6 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Clay	Loam	Clay	Clay	Clay	Loamy sand
Reference Bulk Density	1.43 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.1 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	2.4 %	1.4 %	2.02 %	2.18 %	2.02 %	0.93 %	2.02 %	33.63 %	1.61 %	4.54 %	33.63 %	4.54 %	2.02 %
PH	5.1	7.5	4.5	4.4	4.5	5.2	4.5	4.3	7.5	5	4.3	5	4.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	34 cmol kg⁻¹	85 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	101 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	36 %	86 %	17 %	11 %	17 %	48 %	17 %	62 %	100 %	22 %	62 %	22 %	17 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	31.4 cmol kg⁻¹	15.5 cmol kg⁻¹	7.1 cmol kg⁻¹	31.4 cmol kg⁻¹	7.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	4 %	1 %	0 %	1 %	0 %	2 %	0 %	2 %	3 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	0 %
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			3 %	4 %	3 %	8 %	3 %	2 %		1 %	2 %	1 %	3 %
Sand			86 %	88 %	86 %	68 %	86 %	47 %		22 %	47 %	22 %	86 %
Silt			6 %	8 %	6 %	16 %	6 %	26 %		25 %	26 %	25 %	6 %
Clay			8 %	4 %	8 %	16 %	8 %	27 %		53 %	27 %	53 %	8 %
USDA Texture			Loamy sand	Sand	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Sandy clay loam		Clay	Sandy clay loam	Clay	Loamy sand
Reference Bulk Density			1.63 g/cm³	1.74 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³		1.23 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³
Bulk Density			1.57 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³		1.28 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³
Organic Carbon			0.51 %	0.39 %	0.51 %	0.23 %	0.51 %	32.89 %		1.23 %	32.89 %	1.23 %	0.51 %
PH			5.1	5	5.1	5	5.1	4.6		5	4.6	5	5.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity			50 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹		15 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity			2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹		19 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation			21 %	21 %	21 %	54 %	21 %	40 %		27 %	40 %	27 %	21 %
Total Exchangeable Bases			1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	3.4 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹		5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 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 %	3 %	0 %	3 %	0 %	1 %		2 %	1 %	2 %	0 %
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