World Species : Protected Area : Folkestone to Etchinghill Escarpment

Folkestone to Etchinghill Escarpment

Location:	England, United Kingdom
Area:	450 acres (182 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

English Lowlands beech forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A				B

Share	50 %	25 %	20 %	5 %	60 %	15 %	10 %	5 %	5 %	5 %
Soil Type	Rendzic Leptosols	Eutric Cambisols	Haplic Luvisols	Calcaric Regosols	Chromic Luvisols	Haplic Luvisols	Eutric Cambisols	Rendzic Leptosols	Haplic Acrisols	Eutric Podzoluvisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	50 mm	50 m	150 m	50 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	50 mm	100 m	100 m
Phase 1		Lithic		Lithic
Root Obstacle		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	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm		40 - 80 cm	40 - 80 cm
Soil Water Regime		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	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 over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	16 %	9 %	4 %	14 %	12 %	4 %	9 %	16 %	10 %	1 %
Sand	37 %	42 %	41 %	44 %	48 %	41 %	42 %	37 %	52 %	35 %
Silt	44 %	36 %	37 %	35 %	28 %	37 %	36 %	44 %	24 %	54 %
Clay	19 %	22 %	22 %	21 %	24 %	22 %	22 %	19 %	24 %	11 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Silt loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 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	1.49 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.24 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	2.13 %	1 %	0.74 %	0.75 %	0.83 %	0.74 %	1 %	2.13 %	1 %	1.2 %
PH	7.5	6.6	6.5	8	6.3	6.5	6.6	7.5	4.9	5.4
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	80 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	80 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	27 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	93 %	91 %	100 %	88 %	91 %	93 %	100 %	47 %	55 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	26.8 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	28.8 cmol kg⁻¹	3.2 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	6 %	0 %	0 %	15 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	6 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	0 %
Electrical Conductivity	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	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel		12 %	3 %	18 %	8 %	3 %	12 %		10 %	4 %
Sand		41 %	37 %	40 %	41 %	37 %	41 %		43 %	37 %
Silt		34 %	34 %	35 %	25 %	34 %	34 %		21 %	43 %
Clay		25 %	29 %	25 %	34 %	29 %	25 %		36 %	20 %
USDA Texture		Loam	Clay loam	Loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Loam		Clay loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density		1.38 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³		1.32 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Bulk Density		1.39 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³		1.4 g/cm³	1.61 g/cm³
Organic Carbon		0.37 %	0.36 %	0.47 %	0.4 %	0.36 %	0.37 %		0.43 %	0.25 %
PH		7	6.7	8.1	6.4	6.7	7		4.9	5.3
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity		55 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹		12 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity		15 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹		6 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation		93 %	93 %	100 %	90 %	93 %	93 %		32 %	59 %
Total Exchangeable Bases		15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	36.5 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	13.1 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹		2.2 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate		0.1 %	0 %	15 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %		0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium		2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %		2 %	0 %
Electrical Conductivity		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	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