World Species : Protected Area : Tulach Hill and Glen Fender Meadows

Tulach Hill and Glen Fender Meadows

Location:	Scotland, United Kingdom
Area:	3,912 acres (1,583 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Website:	View website
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Cfc (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: fully humid; Temperature: cool summer)
Natura 2000 Data Sheet:	View Data Sheet Explanatory notes

Ecoregions

Caledon conifer forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A			B			C

Share	40 %	40 %	20 %	70 %	20 %	10 %	50 %	30 %	10 %	10 %
Soil Type	Haplic Podzols	Ferric Podzols	Dystric Gleysols	Haplic Podzols	Ferric Podzols	Dystric Gleysols	Ferric Podzols	Fibric Histosols	Lithic Leptosols	Umbric Gleysols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Fine	Medium	Fine
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Poor	Somewhat excessive	Very poor	Imperfectly	Very poor
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	15 mm	150 m
Root Obstacle	40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	None to 80 cm		None to 80 cm
Impermeable Layer	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	40 - 80 cm	80 - 150 cm	None to 150 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	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 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	15 %	15 %	2 %	3 %	3 %	10 %	3 %	1 %	21 %	1 %
Sand	50 %	45 %	40 %	87 %	86 %	74 %	86 %	20 %	42 %	17 %
Silt	40 %	52 %	39 %	9 %	8 %	16 %	8 %	40 %	34 %	29 %
Clay	10 %	3 %	21 %	4 %	6 %	10 %	6 %	40 %	24 %	54 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Silt loam	Loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Clay	Loam	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.53 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.4 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
Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	0.96 g/cm³	1.3 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
Organic Carbon	5.27 %	4.6 %	1.17 %	2.18 %	2.02 %	0.93 %	2.02 %	33.63 %	1.61 %	4.54 %
PH	4.5	4.6	5.1	4.4	4.5	5.2	4.5	4.3	7.5	5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	89 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹	25 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
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	28 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	11 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
Base Saturation	11 %	10 %	47 %	11 %	17 %	48 %	17 %	62 %	100 %	22 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	5.6 cmol kg⁻¹	4.4 cmol kg⁻¹	5.5 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
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	0 %	2 %	0 %	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
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	15 %	17 %	6 %	4 %	3 %	8 %	3 %	2 %		1 %
Sand	55 %	51 %	41 %	88 %	86 %	68 %	86 %	47 %		22 %
Silt	35 %	45 %	34 %	8 %	6 %	16 %	6 %	26 %		25 %
Clay	10 %	4 %	25 %	4 %	8 %	16 %	8 %	27 %		53 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Sand	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Sandy clay loam		Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.54 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.38 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
Bulk Density	1.44 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.36 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
Organic Carbon	0.81 %	0.81 %	0.4 %	0.39 %	0.51 %	0.23 %	0.51 %	32.89 %		1.23 %
PH	5	5.1	5.3	5	5.1	5	5.1	4.6		5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	55 cmol kg⁻¹	56 cmol kg⁻¹	29 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
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	8 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	10 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
Base Saturation	13 %	13 %	47 %	21 %	21 %	54 %	21 %	40 %		27 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	0.8 cmol kg⁻¹	0.8 cmol kg⁻¹	6.1 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
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	0 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	0 %	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

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