World Species : Protected Area : Kooragang Nature Reserve

Kooragang Nature Reserve

Location:	New South Wales, Australia
IUCN Category:	IV
Area:	8,300 acres (3,359 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Cfa (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: fully humid; Temperature: hot summer)

Ecoregions

Eastern Australian temperate forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A					B						C

Share	40 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	10 %	30 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	20 %	20 %	30 %	10 %	10 %	10 %
Soil Type	Haplic Kastanozems	Fluvisols	Orthic Acrisols	Solodic Planosols	Dystric Planosols	Humic Podzols	Orthic Podzols	Gleyic Podzols	Planosols	Eutric Regosols	Dystric Regosols	Solodic Planosols	Solodic Planosols	Dystric Planosols	Orthic Solonetz	Orthic Luvisols	Chromic Luvisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
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	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	8 %	4 %	10 %	4 %	4 %	3 %	4 %	3 %	4 %	27 %	20 %	4 %	4 %	4 %	6 %	4 %	9 %
Sand	34 %	39 %	49 %	41 %	41 %	90 %	85 %	86 %	39 %	47 %	42 %	76 %	41 %	41 %	47 %	47 %	47 %
Silt	45 %	41 %	27 %	35 %	39 %	7 %	11 %	10 %	40 %	34 %	37 %	13 %	35 %	39 %	28 %	32 %	29 %
Clay	21 %	20 %	24 %	24 %	20 %	3 %	4 %	4 %	21 %	19 %	21 %	11 %	24 %	20 %	25 %	21 %	24 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Loam	Sand	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.78 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.56 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.29 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.28 %	0.8 %	1 %	0.85 %	1.21 %	2.85 %	2.09 %	1.62 %	1.17 %	0.97 %	1.37 %	0.45 %	0.85 %	1.21 %	0.66 %	0.82 %	0.86 %
PH	7.4	7.7	4.6	6.3	4.5	4.4	4.5	4.5	5.6	6.4	5.1	6.2	6.3	4.5	8.1	6.2	6.4
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	81 cmol kg⁻¹	53 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	29 cmol kg⁻¹	98 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	21 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	93 %	44 %	73 %	30 %	18 %	16 %	18 %	70 %	79 %	22 %	77 %	73 %	30 %	100 %	88 %	89 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	18.4 cmol kg⁻¹	13.5 cmol kg⁻¹	3.5 cmol kg⁻¹	8.4 cmol kg⁻¹	9.2 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	3.6 cmol kg⁻¹	9.2 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	5.1 cmol kg⁻¹	8.4 cmol kg⁻¹	9.2 cmol kg⁻¹	21.1 cmol kg⁻¹	8.3 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	5.4 %	1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	5.8 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	2 %	1 %	5 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	6 %	5 %	2 %	13 %	1 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	1.6 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	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	0.6 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	5 %	8 %	10 %	4 %	4 %	3 %	5 %	6 %	4 %	28 %	35 %	7 %	4 %	4 %	8 %	5 %	8 %
Sand	36 %	41 %	40 %	36 %	28 %	89 %	84 %	85 %	30 %	50 %	44 %	59 %	36 %	28 %	40 %	40 %	39 %
Silt	43 %	39 %	24 %	22 %	31 %	7 %	11 %	10 %	32 %	32 %	35 %	13 %	22 %	31 %	27 %	29 %	27 %
Clay	21 %	20 %	36 %	42 %	41 %	4 %	5 %	5 %	38 %	18 %	21 %	28 %	42 %	41 %	33 %	31 %	34 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Clay loam	Clay	Clay	Sand	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay	Clay	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.39 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.74 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.42 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.51 %	0.4 %	0.42 %	0.43 %	0.36 %	0.48 %	0.59 %	0.93 %	0.39 %	0.4 %	0.6 %	0.22 %	0.43 %	0.36 %	0.29 %	0.39 %	0.38 %
PH	7.9	7.9	4.8	6.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	6.2	6.9	4.9	6.6	6.9	4.8	8.5	6.2	6.3
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	97 cmol kg⁻¹	56 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	44 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	19 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	99 %	32 %	81 %	57 %	21 %	23 %	19 %	89 %	85 %	25 %	86 %	81 %	57 %	100 %	87 %	93 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	19.1 cmol kg⁻¹	13.7 cmol kg⁻¹	2.3 cmol kg⁻¹	12.5 cmol kg⁻¹	15.8 cmol kg⁻¹	1.3 cmol kg⁻¹	1.6 cmol kg⁻¹	0.9 cmol kg⁻¹	15.8 cmol kg⁻¹	10.3 cmol kg⁻¹	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12.5 cmol kg⁻¹	15.8 cmol kg⁻¹	35.7 cmol kg⁻¹	9.6 cmol kg⁻¹	12.3 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	10.4 %	3.4 %	0 %	2.4 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	1.8 %	2.4 %	0 %	7.4 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	3 %	2 %	12 %	2 %	0 %	2 %	3 %	5 %	2 %	2 %	23 %	12 %	2 %	39 %	1 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	2.2 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	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	2.7 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