World Species : Protected Area : Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve

Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve

Location:	Ecuador
IUCN Category:	VI
Area:	921,676 acres (372,989 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Cfb (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: fully humid; Temperature: warm summer)

Ecoregions

Eastern Cordillera real montane forests
Napo moist forests
Northern Andean páramo
Northwestern Andean montane forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A		B		C		D			E			F

Share	85 %	15 %	80 %	20 %	60 %	40 %	50 %	30 %	20 %	60 %	20 %	20 %	70 %	30 %
Soil Type	Dystric Cambisols	Ferralic Cambisols	Umbric Andosols	Umbric Regosols	Umbric Leptosols	Umbric Andosols	Haplic Phaeozems	Mollic Andosols	Eutric Regosols	Umbric Andosols	Vitric Andosols	Haplic Andosols	Eutric Regosols	Luvic Phaeozems
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	50 mm	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	1 %	10 %	4 %	2 %	13 %	4 %	0 %	0 %	10 %	4 %	15 %	2 %	0 %	0 %
Sand	43 %	44 %	40 %	73 %	54 %	40 %	60 %	59 %	73 %	40 %	62 %	31 %	48 %	29 %
Silt	33 %	22 %	48 %	12 %	26 %	48 %	31 %	34 %	25 %	48 %	36 %	53 %	49 %	58 %
Clay	24 %	34 %	12 %	15 %	20 %	12 %	9 %	7 %	2 %	12 %	2 %	16 %	3 %	13 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Clay loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Sandy loam	Silt loam	Sandy loam	Silt loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.38 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.48 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.48 g/cm³	1.56 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.8 g/cm³	1.48 g/cm³	1.78 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.3 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	0.92 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.06 g/cm³	0.92 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.02 g/cm³	1.2 g/cm³	0.92 g/cm³	1.02 g/cm³	0.79 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.78 %	1.71 %	5.33 %	1.47 %	1.49 %	5.33 %	0.88 %	2.39 %	1.46 %	5.33 %	3.82 %	2.83 %	0.34 %	1.41 %
PH	5.3	5.8	5.2	5.8	5.4	5.2	6.2	6.7	6.2	5.2	6	5.5	8.5	5.8
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	35 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹		105 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹		36 cmol kg⁻¹	22 cmol kg⁻¹	76 cmol kg⁻¹		15 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	140 cmol kg⁻¹	128 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	15 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	31 %	39 %	14 %	96 %	29 %	14 %	86 %	81 %	92 %	14 %	65 %	33 %	100 %	85 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	3.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹	19.2 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	8.1 cmol kg⁻¹	6.4 cmol kg⁻¹	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹	9.1 cmol kg⁻¹	3.6 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	20.4 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.3 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	2.3 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	1 %	10 %	12 %	4 %		12 %	0 %	14 %	22 %	12 %	60 %	1 %	3 %	0 %
Sand	43 %	42 %	45 %	71 %		45 %	49 %	65 %	76 %	45 %	91 %	33 %	58 %	23 %
Silt	32 %	21 %	42 %	13 %		42 %	36 %	29 %	22 %	42 %	8 %	49 %	39 %	63 %
Clay	25 %	37 %	13 %	16 %		13 %	15 %	6 %	2 %	13 %	1 %	18 %	3 %	14 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Clay loam	Loam	Sandy loam		Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Sand	Loam	Sandy loam	Silt loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.38 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³		1.47 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³	1.81 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	1.94 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.72 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.31 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	0.9 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³		0.9 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.01 g/cm³	1.18 g/cm³	0.9 g/cm³	1 g/cm³	0.76 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.42 %	0.78 %	4.87 %	1.2 %		4.87 %	0.49 %	1.53 %	0.73 %	4.87 %	0.74 %	1.8 %	0.12 %	0.79 %
PH	5.3	5.8	5.9	5.6		5.9	7.1	7	6.6	5.9	6.1	5.9	8.9	7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	36 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	1 cmol kg⁻¹	73 cmol kg⁻¹		1 cmol kg⁻¹	74 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	1 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	22 cmol kg⁻¹	140 cmol kg⁻¹	129 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	10 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹		14 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	29 %	49 %	57 %	93 %		57 %	94 %	86 %	80 %	57 %	70 %	45 %	100 %	93 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2.9 cmol kg⁻¹	3.4 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	14.9 cmol kg⁻¹		8 cmol kg⁻¹	12.2 cmol kg⁻¹	6.9 cmol kg⁻¹	4.8 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	32.6 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	1.5 %	0.8 %	0.3 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3 %	1.5 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %		1 %	1 %	2 %	3 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1		0 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 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