World Species : Protected Area : Fenland

Fenland

Location:	England, United Kingdom
Area:	1,529 acres (619 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	45 %	25 %	25 %	5 %	40 %	30 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	65 %	15 %	10 %	10 %
Soil Type	Eutric Cambisols	Rendzic Leptosols	Haplic Luvisols	Calcaric Regosols	Gleyic Cambisols	Calcic Gleysols	Eutric Cambisols	Eutric Gleysols	Stagnic Luvisols	Terric Histosols	Fibric Histosols	Mollic Gleysols	Eutric Fluvisols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Fine	Fine	Fine	Fine	Medium	Medium	Fine	Coarse	Fine
Reference Depth	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Poor	Very poor	Moderately well	Very poor	Poor	Very poor	Very poor	Poor	Very poor
Available Water Capacity	100 m	50 mm	150 m	100 m	50 m	75 m	150 m	75 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m
Root Obstacle	40 - 60 cm		None to 80 cm	20 - 40 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	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 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	10 %	21 %	4 %	15 %	10 %	1 %	10 %	1 %	4 %	28 %	1 %	10 %	4 %
Sand	77 %	76 %	82 %	85 %	19 %	22 %	23 %	17 %	37 %	35 %	20 %	76 %	19 %
Silt	14 %	16 %	8 %	8 %	32 %	24 %	29 %	32 %	44 %	33 %	40 %	14 %	32 %
Clay	9 %	8 %	10 %	7 %	49 %	54 %	48 %	51 %	19 %	32 %	40 %	10 %	49 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Clay	Clay	Clay	Clay	Loam	Clay loam	Clay	Sandy loam	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.6 g/cm³	1.61 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.65 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	1.5 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.3 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	0.7 %	1.93 %	0.4 %	0.49 %	1.41 %	1.13 %	1.17 %	1.25 %	0.99 %	39.4 %	33.63 %	0.89 %	1.19 %
PH	6.9	7.2	6.5	7.9	5.6	7.5	6.7	5.8	5.8	5.6	4.3	6.4	6.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	49 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	111 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	7 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	5 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	91 %	86 %	89 %	100 %	74 %	100 %	89 %	78 %	62 %	75 %	62 %	73 %	91 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	6.7 cmol kg⁻¹	31.7 cmol kg⁻¹	5.9 cmol kg⁻¹	4.2 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	0.1 %	4.9 %	0 %	6 %	0 %	4.2 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	2 %	4 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	1 %
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	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	20 %		6 %	14 %	24 %	1 %	24 %	1 %	4 %	5 %	2 %	8 %	3 %
Sand	67 %		75 %	84 %	18 %	34 %	26 %	19 %	31 %	52 %	47 %	60 %	21 %
Silt	16 %		8 %	9 %	31 %	22 %	29 %	29 %	38 %	23 %	26 %	14 %	32 %
Clay	17 %		17 %	7 %	51 %	44 %	45 %	52 %	31 %	25 %	27 %	26 %	47 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam		Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Clay	Clay	Clay	Clay	Clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.48 g/cm³		1.5 g/cm³	1.65 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	1.5 g/cm³		1.57 g/cm³	1.6 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	0.4 %		0.24 %	0.4 %	0.49 %	0.36 %	0.58 %	0.45 %	0.29 %	38.46 %	32.89 %	0.6 %	0.55 %
PH	7.3		6.5	8	5.7	8.2	7	6	5.9	5.8	4.6	6.7	6.8
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	48 cmol kg⁻¹		53 cmol kg⁻¹	102 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	8 cmol kg⁻¹		10 cmol kg⁻¹	5 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	91 %		88 %	100 %	77 %	100 %	97 %	84 %	83 %	96 %	40 %	81 %	99 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	9.3 cmol kg⁻¹		8.1 cmol kg⁻¹	4.2 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	0.1 %		0 %	6 %	0 %	14.6 %	0.3 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.2 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %		1 %	5 %	1 %	5 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	3 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1		0.1 dS m-1	0.3 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