World Species : Protected Area : Coedydd Aber

Coedydd Aber

Location:	Wales, United Kingdom
Area:	855 acres (346 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Website:	View website
Climate:	View Climate 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

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A					B

Share	35 %	25 %	13 %	10 %	5 %	50 %	15 %	10 %	10 %	10 %
Soil Type	Umbric Leptosols	Ferric Podzols	Terric Histosols	Umbric Gleysols	Dystric Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Dystric Cambisols	Ferric Podzols	Dystric Gleysols	Umbric Leptosols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm
Drainage	Imperfectly	Somewhat excessive	Very poor	Very poor	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Poor	Imperfectly
Available Water Capacity	15 mm	50 m	150 m	125 m	15 m	50 m	50 m	50 m	75 m	15 mm
Phase 1	Stony	Stony		Stony	Lithic	Lithic	Lithic	Lithic	Lithic
Phase 2					Stony
Root Obstacle		40 - 60 cm	60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	60 - 80 cm
Impermeable Layer		None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	0 - 40 cm	None to 150 cm
Soil Water Regime		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	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 40 cm depth for over 11 month	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	6 %	3 %	28 %	1 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	15 %	2 %	6 %
Sand	49 %	86 %	35 %	17 %	42 %	42 %	42 %	45 %	40 %	49 %
Silt	31 %	8 %	33 %	29 %	38 %	38 %	38 %	52 %	39 %	31 %
Clay	20 %	6 %	32 %	54 %	20 %	20 %	20 %	3 %	21 %	20 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loamy sand	Clay loam	Clay	Loam	Loam	Loam	Silt loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.43 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.1 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	0.28 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	0.96 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	2.4 %	2.02 %	39.4 %	4.54 %	1.45 %	1.45 %	1.45 %	4.6 %	1.17 %	2.4 %
PH	5.1	4.5	5.6	5	5.1	5.1	5.1	4.6	5.1	5.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	34 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	12 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	87 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	36 %	17 %	75 %	22 %	38 %	38 %	38 %	10 %	47 %	36 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	59.5 cmol kg⁻¹	7.1 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	4.4 cmol kg⁻¹	5.5 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 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	4 %	0 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	4 %
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		3 %	5 %	1 %	19 %	19 %	19 %	17 %	6 %
Sand		86 %	52 %	22 %	45 %	45 %	45 %	51 %	41 %
Silt		6 %	23 %	25 %	35 %	35 %	35 %	45 %	34 %
Clay		8 %	25 %	53 %	20 %	20 %	20 %	4 %	25 %
USDA Texture		Loamy sand	Sandy clay loam	Clay	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density		1.63 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density		1.57 g/cm³	0.18 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³
Organic Carbon		0.51 %	38.46 %	1.23 %	0.5 %	0.5 %	0.5 %	0.81 %	0.4 %
PH		5.1	5.8	5	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.3
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity		50 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	56 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity		2 cmol kg⁻¹	88 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation		21 %	96 %	27 %	33 %	33 %	33 %	13 %	47 %
Total Exchangeable Bases		1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	81.8 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	0.8 cmol kg⁻¹	6.1 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium		0 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	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

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