World Species : Protected Area : Wyperfeld National Park

Wyperfeld National Park

Location:	Victoria, Australia
IUCN Category:	II
Area:	890,865 acres (360,520 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Website:	View website
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	BSk (Climate: arid; Precipitation: steppe; Temperature: cold arid)

Ecoregions

Murray-Darling woodlands and mallee

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A			B				C

Share	60 %	20 %	20 %	50 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	30 %	30 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	10 %
Soil Type	Orthic Podzols	Orthic Solonetz	Eutric Regosols	Solodic Planosols	Orthic Solonetz	Podzols	Orthic Luvisols	Calcic Xerosols	Calcic Xerosols	Solodic Planosols	Orthic Solonetz	Calcaric Regosols	Calcic Luvisols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	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
Drainage	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Well	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	4 %	6 %	27 %	4 %	6 %	3 %	4 %	10 %	4 %	4 %	6 %	17 %	6 %
Sand	85 %	47 %	47 %	76 %	47 %	87 %	47 %	76 %	40 %	41 %	47 %	43 %	50 %
Silt	11 %	28 %	34 %	13 %	28 %	9 %	32 %	13 %	37 %	35 %	28 %	35 %	29 %
Clay	4 %	25 %	19 %	11 %	25 %	4 %	21 %	11 %	23 %	24 %	25 %	22 %	21 %
USDA Texture	Loamy sand	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loamy sand	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.73 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.56 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.56 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.36 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	2.09 %	0.66 %	0.97 %	0.45 %	0.66 %	2.08 %	0.82 %	0.52 %	0.56 %	0.85 %	0.66 %	0.77 %	0.5 %
PH	4.5	8.1	6.4	6.2	8.1	4.4	6.2	7.8	7.9	6.3	8.1	8	8.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	98 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	73 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	65 cmol kg⁻¹	93 cmol kg⁻¹	34 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	53 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	10 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	16 %	100 %	79 %	77 %	100 %	16 %	88 %	100 %	100 %	73 %	100 %	100 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	21.1 cmol kg⁻¹	15.1 cmol kg⁻¹	5.1 cmol kg⁻¹	21.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.4 cmol kg⁻¹	8.3 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	33.2 cmol kg⁻¹	8.4 cmol kg⁻¹	21.1 cmol kg⁻¹	31.1 cmol kg⁻¹	18.9 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	5.8 %	0 %	0 %	5.8 %	0 %	0 %	9 %	9 %	0 %	5.8 %	15 %	10.8 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.4 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	13 %	1 %	6 %	13 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	3 %	5 %	13 %	2 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.6 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	0.5 dS m-1	0.8 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.6 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	5 %	8 %	28 %	7 %	8 %	3 %	5 %	28 %	4 %	4 %	8 %	18 %	10 %
Sand	84 %	40 %	50 %	59 %	40 %	86 %	40 %	69 %	37 %	36 %	40 %	38 %	46 %
Silt	11 %	27 %	32 %	13 %	27 %	9 %	29 %	16 %	36 %	22 %	27 %	36 %	29 %
Clay	5 %	33 %	18 %	28 %	33 %	5 %	31 %	15 %	27 %	42 %	33 %	26 %	25 %
USDA Texture	Loamy sand	Clay loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay loam	Loamy sand	Clay loam	Sandy loam	Clay loam	Clay	Clay loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.7 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.51 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³	1.61 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.59 %	0.29 %	0.4 %	0.22 %	0.29 %	0.51 %	0.39 %	0.2 %	0.33 %	0.43 %	0.29 %	0.53 %	0.32 %
PH	4.8	8.5	6.9	6.6	8.5	4.8	6.2	8.3	8	6.9	8.5	8.1	8.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	63 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹	65 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	4 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	23 %	100 %	85 %	86 %	100 %	21 %	87 %	100 %	100 %	81 %	100 %	100 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	1.6 cmol kg⁻¹	35.7 cmol kg⁻¹	10.3 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	35.7 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	9.6 cmol kg⁻¹	11.3 cmol kg⁻¹	41.4 cmol kg⁻¹	12.5 cmol kg⁻¹	35.7 cmol kg⁻¹	41.1 cmol kg⁻¹	24.1 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	7.4 %	0.1 %	1.8 %	7.4 %	0 %	0 %	9 %	9 %	2.4 %	7.4 %	15 %	13 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.3 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	39 %	2 %	23 %	39 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	7 %	12 %	39 %	1 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	2.7 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	0.1 dS m-1	1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	2.7 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.3 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