World Species : Protected Area : Ouse Washes

Ouse Washes

Location:	England, United Kingdom
Area:	769 acres (311 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

Celtic broadleaf forests
English Lowlands beech forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A			B					C

Share	65 %	25 %	10 %	40 %	30 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	65 %	15 %	10 %	10 %
Soil Type	Mollic Gleysols	Terric Histosols	Calcaric Fluvisols	Gleyic Cambisols	Calcic Gleysols	Eutric Cambisols	Eutric Gleysols	Stagnic Luvisols	Terric Histosols	Fibric Histosols	Mollic Gleysols	Eutric Fluvisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Fine	Fine	Fine	Medium	Medium	Fine	Coarse	Fine
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Poor	Very poor	Poor	Poor	Very poor	Moderately well	Very poor	Poor	Very poor	Very poor	Poor	Very poor
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	50 m	75 m	150 m	75 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m
Root Obstacle	None to 80 cm	None to 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
Impermeable Layer	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	0 - 40 cm	0 - 40 cm	None to 150 cm	0 - 40 cm	40 - 80 cm	None to 150 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 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	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	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	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
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	4 %	28 %	15 %	10 %	1 %	10 %	1 %	4 %	28 %	1 %	10 %	4 %
Sand	39 %	35 %	34 %	19 %	22 %	23 %	17 %	37 %	35 %	20 %	76 %	19 %
Silt	39 %	33 %	48 %	32 %	24 %	29 %	32 %	44 %	33 %	40 %	14 %	32 %
Clay	22 %	32 %	18 %	49 %	54 %	48 %	51 %	19 %	32 %	40 %	10 %	49 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Clay loam	Loam	Clay	Clay	Clay	Clay	Loam	Clay loam	Clay	Sandy loam	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.28 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	1.48 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.65 %	39.4 %	0.6 %	1.41 %	1.13 %	1.17 %	1.25 %	0.99 %	39.4 %	33.63 %	0.89 %	1.19 %
PH	6.6	5.6	8	5.6	7.5	6.7	5.8	5.8	5.6	4.3	6.4	6.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	45 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	68 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	43 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	17 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	87 %	75 %	100 %	74 %	100 %	89 %	78 %	62 %	75 %	62 %	73 %	91 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	9.8 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	19.8 cmol kg⁻¹	15.6 cmol kg⁻¹	27.9 cmol kg⁻¹	22.1 cmol kg⁻¹	18.9 cmol kg⁻¹	8.4 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	31.4 cmol kg⁻¹	6.3 cmol kg⁻¹	22.7 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	11.7 %	0 %	4.2 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0.2 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.7 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	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 %	5 %	10 %	24 %	1 %	24 %	1 %	4 %	5 %	2 %	8 %	3 %
Sand	37 %	52 %	36 %	18 %	34 %	26 %	19 %	31 %	52 %	47 %	60 %	21 %
Silt	35 %	23 %	46 %	31 %	22 %	29 %	29 %	38 %	23 %	26 %	14 %	32 %
Clay	28 %	25 %	18 %	51 %	44 %	45 %	52 %	31 %	25 %	27 %	26 %	47 %
USDA Texture	Clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Clay	Clay	Clay	Clay	Clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.35 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.35 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	1.64 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.69 %	38.46 %	0.4 %	0.49 %	0.36 %	0.58 %	0.45 %	0.29 %	38.46 %	32.89 %	0.6 %	0.55 %
PH	7.2	5.8	8.1	5.7	8.2	7	6	5.9	5.8	4.6	6.7	6.8
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	44 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	84 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹	43 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	15 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	88 %	96 %	100 %	77 %	100 %	97 %	84 %	83 %	96 %	40 %	81 %	99 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	10.7 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹	20.7 cmol kg⁻¹	14.9 cmol kg⁻¹	33.6 cmol kg⁻¹	25.9 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	10.2 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹	11.7 cmol kg⁻¹	18.2 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	4 %	0 %	12.2 %	0 %	14.6 %	0.3 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.2 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0.2 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	5 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	3 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.5 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.6 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