World Species : Protected Area : Harbottle Moors

Harbottle Moors

Location:	England, United Kingdom
Area:	2,314 acres (936 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Website:	View website
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

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A			B				C

Share	70 %	15 %	15 %	55 %	20 %	15 %	10 %	50 %	20 %	15 %	10 %	5 %
Soil Type	Dystric Gleysols	Stagnic Luvisols	Dystric Cambisols	Umbric Gleysols	Dystric Gleysols	Ferric Podzols	Fibric Histosols	Gleyic Podzols	Haplic Podzols	Dystric Cambisols	Umbric Gleysols	Umbric Leptosols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Coarse
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm
Drainage	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Very poor	Poor	Well	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	75 m	50 m	150 m	50 m	75 m	15 m	150 m	15 m	15 m	15 m	50 m	15 mm
Phase 1				Stony		Stony		Lithic	Lithic	Lithic	Lithic
Phase 2								Stony	Stony	Stony	Stony
Root Obstacle	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	60 - 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	40 - 60 cm	None to 80 cm	20 - 40 cm	40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm	40 - 60 cm
Impermeable Layer	0 - 40 cm	0 - 40 cm	None to 150 cm	0 - 40 cm	0 - 40 cm	0 - 40 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm
Soil Water Regime	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 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 40 cm depth for over 11 month	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 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	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
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	2 %	4 %	10 %	4 %	2 %	15 %	1 %	2 %	3 %	10 %	4 %	10 %
Sand	40 %	37 %	42 %	38 %	40 %	45 %	20 %	86 %	87 %	75 %	38 %	79 %
Silt	39 %	44 %	38 %	42 %	39 %	52 %	40 %	10 %	9 %	15 %	42 %	13 %
Clay	21 %	19 %	20 %	20 %	21 %	3 %	40 %	4 %	4 %	10 %	20 %	8 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Silt loam	Clay	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Loam	Loamy sand
Reference Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.62 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.3 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	0.96 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.17 %	0.99 %	1.45 %	4.59 %	1.17 %	4.6 %	33.63 %	1.97 %	2.18 %	0.7 %	4.59 %	2.59 %
PH	5.1	5.8	5.1	5.2	5.1	4.6	4.3	4.4	4.4	5.1	5.2	4.7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	25 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	101 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	11 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	47 %	62 %	38 %	82 %	47 %	10 %	62 %	18 %	11 %	28 %	82 %	86 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	5.5 cmol kg⁻¹	8.4 cmol kg⁻¹	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	1.8 cmol kg⁻¹	5.5 cmol kg⁻¹	4.4 cmol kg⁻¹	31.4 cmol kg⁻¹	3.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.8 cmol kg⁻¹	5.2 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	5 %	2 %	0 %
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	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	6 %	4 %	19 %	5 %	6 %	17 %	2 %	3 %	4 %	9 %	5 %
Sand	41 %	31 %	45 %	38 %	41 %	51 %	47 %	85 %	88 %	68 %	38 %
Silt	34 %	38 %	35 %	32 %	34 %	45 %	26 %	10 %	8 %	17 %	32 %
Clay	25 %	31 %	20 %	30 %	25 %	4 %	27 %	5 %	4 %	15 %	30 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Clay loam	Loam	Clay loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Sandy clay loam	Loamy sand	Sand	Sandy loam	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.38 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.74 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.36 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.4 %	0.29 %	0.5 %	0.67 %	0.4 %	0.81 %	32.89 %	0.91 %	0.39 %	0.27 %	0.67 %
PH	5.3	5.9	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.1	4.6	4.9	5	5	5.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	29 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹	56 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	66 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	10 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	47 %	83 %	33 %	86 %	47 %	13 %	40 %	21 %	21 %	36 %	86 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	6.1 cmol kg⁻¹	10.2 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	6.1 cmol kg⁻¹	0.8 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹	1.7 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	1 %	2 %	4 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	3 %	5 %	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	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