World Species : Protected Area : Mt. Field National Park

Mt. Field National Park

Location:	Tasmania, Australia
IUCN Category:	II
Area:	39,289 acres (15,900 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)

Ecoregions

Tasmanian Central Highland forests
Tasmanian temperate rain forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A					B						C

Share	40 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	10 %	30 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	40 %	30 %	10 %	10 %	10 %
Soil Type	Chromic Cambisols	Regosols	Lithosols	Dystric Histosols	Humic Cambisols	Ferric Luvisols	Dystric Regosols	Podzols	Dystric Nitosols	Humic Acrisols	Gleyic Acrisols	Solodic Planosols	Dystric Planosols	Orthic Solonetz	Dystric Regosols	Podzols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	10 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	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Very poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	15 mm	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	24 %	26 %	1 %	8 %	7 %	20 %	3 %	11 %	5 %	9 %	4 %	4 %	6 %	20 %	3 %
Sand	48 %	44 %	43 %	26 %	41 %	79 %	42 %	87 %	44 %	46 %	34 %	76 %	41 %	47 %	42 %	87 %
Silt	30 %	36 %	34 %	33 %	36 %	11 %	37 %	9 %	33 %	30 %	43 %	13 %	39 %	28 %	37 %	9 %
Clay	22 %	20 %	23 %	41 %	23 %	10 %	21 %	4 %	23 %	24 %	23 %	11 %	20 %	25 %	21 %	4 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Loam	Clay	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loamy sand
Reference Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.59 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.56 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.3 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	0.15 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.98 %	1.12 %	1.4 %	30.73 %	2.72 %	0.53 %	1.37 %	2.08 %	0.99 %	1.73 %	0.83 %	0.45 %	1.21 %	0.66 %	1.37 %	2.08 %
PH	6.6	6.4	7.6	4.4	5.2	6.3	5.1	4.4	4.9	5	4.9	6.2	4.5	8.1	5.1	4.4
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	38 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	54 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	73 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	73 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	12 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	84 %	76 %	100 %	58 %	24 %	76 %	22 %	16 %	51 %	27 %	30 %	77 %	30 %	100 %	22 %	16 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	10.5 cmol kg⁻¹	9.5 cmol kg⁻¹	15.6 cmol kg⁻¹	24.8 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.4 cmol kg⁻¹	3.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.9 cmol kg⁻¹	5.1 cmol kg⁻¹	9.2 cmol kg⁻¹	21.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.4 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.1 %	0 %	3.9 %	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 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %	4 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	6 %	2 %	13 %	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	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	9 %	28 %		5 %	8 %	4 %	35 %	3 %	26 %	7 %	7 %	7 %	4 %	8 %	35 %	3 %
Sand	46 %	44 %		41 %	44 %	68 %	44 %	86 %	35 %	41 %	28 %	59 %	28 %	40 %	44 %	86 %
Silt	27 %	35 %		30 %	32 %	10 %	35 %	9 %	24 %	26 %	38 %	13 %	31 %	27 %	35 %	9 %
Clay	27 %	21 %		29 %	24 %	22 %	21 %	5 %	41 %	33 %	34 %	28 %	41 %	33 %	21 %	5 %
USDA Texture	Sandy clay loam	Loam		Clay loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Loamy sand	Clay	Clay loam	Clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay	Clay loam	Loam	Loamy sand
Reference Bulk Density	1.37 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³		1.36 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³		0.11 g/cm³	1.16 g/cm³	1.55 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.48 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.4 %	0.48 %		34.81 %	1.03 %	0.3 %	0.6 %	0.51 %	0.38 %	0.77 %	0.3 %	0.22 %	0.36 %	0.29 %	0.6 %	0.51 %
PH	6.8	6.9		4.5	5.2	6.1	4.9	4.8	5	5.2	4.7	6.6	4.8	8.5	4.9	4.8
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	41 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹		84 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	22 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	22 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	14 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹		79 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	95 %	100 %		56 %	30 %	70 %	25 %	21 %	28 %	21 %	20 %	86 %	57 %	100 %	25 %	21 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	11.1 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹		28.4 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	15.8 cmol kg⁻¹	35.7 cmol kg⁻¹	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.1 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	1.8 %	0 %	7.4 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	1 %		1 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	23 %	2 %	39 %	2 %	2 %
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	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