World Species : Protected Area : Yathong Nature Reserve

Yathong Nature Reserve

Location:	New South Wales, Australia
IUCN Category:	Ia
Area:	270,264 acres (109,372 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
Southeast Australia temperate savanna

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A		B						C							D

Share	50 %	50 %	30 %	30 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	15 %	15 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	15 %	15 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	10 %	10 %
Soil Type	Lithosols	Regosols	Calcic Xerosols	Calcic Xerosols	Solodic Planosols	Orthic Solonetz	Calcaric Regosols	Calcic Luvisols	Luvic Yermosols	Luvic Yermosols	Haplic Yermosols	Ferralic Arenosols	Orthic Solonetz	Dystric Regosols	Calcic Luvisols	Luvic Yermosols	Luvic Yermosols	Regosols	Lithosols	Haplic Yermosols	Orthic Solonetz	Calcic Luvisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	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	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Well	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	15 mm	150 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	50 m	50 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	50 m	50 m	150 m	15 mm	150 m	150 m	150 m
Phase 1									Duripan	Duripan						Duripan	Duripan
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	26 %	24 %	10 %	4 %	4 %	6 %	17 %	6 %	4 %	20 %	20 %	1 %	6 %	20 %	6 %	4 %	20 %	24 %	26 %	20 %	6 %	6 %
Sand	43 %	44 %	76 %	40 %	41 %	47 %	43 %	50 %	79 %	50 %	41 %	89 %	47 %	42 %	50 %	79 %	50 %	44 %	43 %	41 %	47 %	50 %
Silt	34 %	36 %	13 %	37 %	35 %	28 %	35 %	29 %	10 %	29 %	39 %	5 %	28 %	37 %	29 %	10 %	29 %	36 %	34 %	39 %	28 %	29 %
Clay	23 %	20 %	11 %	23 %	24 %	25 %	22 %	21 %	11 %	21 %	20 %	6 %	25 %	21 %	21 %	11 %	21 %	20 %	23 %	20 %	25 %	21 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam	Sand	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.39 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	1.57 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.68 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.3 g/cm³	1.37 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	1.66 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.66 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.4 %	1.12 %	0.52 %	0.56 %	0.85 %	0.66 %	0.77 %	0.5 %	0.34 %	0.4 %	0.41 %	0.4 %	0.66 %	1.37 %	0.5 %	0.34 %	0.4 %	1.12 %	1.4 %	0.41 %	0.66 %	0.5 %
PH	7.6	6.4	7.8	7.9	6.3	8.1	8	8.1	8.2	7.3	8.3	5.6	8.1	5.1	8.1	8.2	7.3	6.4	7.6	8.3	8.1	8.1
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	42 cmol kg⁻¹	38 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	52 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	23 cmol kg⁻¹	53 cmol kg⁻¹	52 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	53 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	15 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	8 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	76 %	100 %	100 %	73 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	71 %	100 %	22 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	76 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	15.6 cmol kg⁻¹	9.5 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	6.8 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	18.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹	21.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	18.9 cmol kg⁻¹	6.8 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	9.5 cmol kg⁻¹	15.6 cmol kg⁻¹	18.1 cmol kg⁻¹	21.1 cmol kg⁻¹	18.9 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	3.9 %	0 %	9 %	9 %	0 %	5.8 %	15 %	10.8 %	2.2 %	0.5 %	1.5 %	0 %	5.8 %	0 %	10.8 %	2.2 %	0.5 %	0 %	3.9 %	1.5 %	5.8 %	10.8 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.4 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	4 %	2 %	2 %	3 %	5 %	13 %	2 %	1 %	5 %	6 %	6 %	3 %	13 %	2 %	1 %	5 %	6 %	2 %	4 %	6 %	13 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	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	0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.6 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	1 dS m-1	0.6 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel		28 %	28 %	4 %	4 %	8 %	18 %	10 %	5 %	27 %	27 %	4 %	8 %	35 %	10 %	5 %	27 %	28 %		27 %	8 %	10 %
Sand		44 %	69 %	37 %	36 %	40 %	38 %	46 %	65 %	44 %	38 %	89 %	40 %	44 %	46 %	65 %	44 %	44 %		38 %	40 %	46 %
Silt		35 %	16 %	36 %	22 %	27 %	36 %	29 %	14 %	28 %	40 %	4 %	27 %	35 %	29 %	14 %	28 %	35 %		40 %	27 %	29 %
Clay		21 %	15 %	27 %	42 %	33 %	26 %	25 %	21 %	28 %	22 %	7 %	33 %	21 %	25 %	21 %	28 %	21 %		22 %	33 %	25 %
USDA Texture		Loam	Sandy loam	Clay loam	Clay	Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay loam	Loam	Sand	Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay loam	Loam		Loam	Clay loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density		1.41 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	1.45 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.66 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³		1.39 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Bulk Density		1.53 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	1.63 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.55 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.61 g/cm³	1.63 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³		1.49 g/cm³	1.58 g/cm³	1.61 g/cm³
Organic Carbon		0.48 %	0.2 %	0.33 %	0.43 %	0.29 %	0.53 %	0.32 %	0.24 %	0.28 %	0.22 %	0.2 %	0.29 %	0.6 %	0.32 %	0.24 %	0.28 %	0.48 %		0.22 %	0.29 %	0.32 %
PH		6.9	8.3	8	6.9	8.5	8.1	8.2	8.3	7.3	8.3	5.4	8.5	4.9	8.2	8.3	7.3	6.9		8.3	8.5	8.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity		38 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	45 cmol kg⁻¹	58 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹	58 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹		42 cmol kg⁻¹	57 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity		9 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	9 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹		9 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation		100 %	100 %	100 %	81 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	74 %	100 %	25 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %		100 %	100 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases		8 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	8.4 cmol kg⁻¹	14.6 cmol kg⁻¹	26.8 cmol kg⁻¹	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹	35.7 cmol kg⁻¹	2.1 cmol kg⁻¹	24.1 cmol kg⁻¹	8.4 cmol kg⁻¹	14.6 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹		26.8 cmol kg⁻¹	35.7 cmol kg⁻¹	24.1 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate		0 %	9 %	9 %	2.4 %	7.4 %	15 %	13 %	11.4 %	3.8 %	4.5 %	0 %	7.4 %	0 %	13 %	11.4 %	3.8 %	0 %		4.5 %	7.4 %	13 %
Calcium Sulphate		0 %	0 %	0.3 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0.9 %	0.7 %	0.7 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0.9 %	0.7 %	0 %		0.7 %	0.1 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium		1 %	1 %	7 %	12 %	39 %	1 %	1 %	3 %	4 %	5 %	4 %	39 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	4 %	1 %		5 %	39 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity		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	0.2 dS m-1	9.7 dS m-1	3.8 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	2.7 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	9.7 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1		3.8 dS m-1	2.7 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