World Species : Protected Area : Tsentral'no-Lesnoy Biosphere Reserve

Tsentral'no-Lesnoy Biosphere Reserve

Location:	Russia
IUCN Category:	Ia
Area:	62,630 acres (25,346 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Dfb (Climate: snow; Precipitation: fully humid; Temperature: warm summer)

Ecoregions

Sarmatic mixed forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A			B		C	D

Share	80 %	10 %	10 %	90 %	10 %
Soil Type	Eutric Podzoluvisols	Gleyic Podzoluvisols	Stagnic Podzoluvisols	Eutric Podzoluvisols	Gleyic Podzoluvisols	Gleyic Podzoluvisols	Fibric Histosols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Very poor
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m
Phase 1					Phreatic	Phreatic	Phreatic
Root Obstacle	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	None to 80 cm	0 - 80 cm
Impermeable Layer	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm	None to 150 cm
Soil Water Regime	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Wet within 80 cm over 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 11 month	Wet within 80 cm for 3 to 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Not wet within 80 cm for over 3 months, nor wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Wet within 80 cm for 3 to 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Wet within 80 cm for 3 to 6 months, but not wet within 40 cm for over 1 month	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %
Sand	35 %	32 %	24 %	35 %	32 %	32 %	20 %
Silt	54 %	49 %	58 %	54 %	49 %	49 %	40 %
Clay	11 %	19 %	18 %	11 %	19 %	19 %	40 %
USDA Texture	Silt loam	Loam	Silt loam	Silt loam	Loam	Loam	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.49 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.36 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.2 %	2.22 %	1.5 %	1.2 %	2.22 %	2.22 %	33.63 %
PH	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.3	5.3	4.3
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	48 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	36 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	9 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	55 %	55 %	55 %	55 %	55 %	55 %	62 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	5.7 cmol kg⁻¹	31.4 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	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
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	4 %	4 %	4 %	4 %	4 %	4 %	2 %
Sand	37 %	25 %	12 %	37 %	25 %	25 %	47 %
Silt	43 %	51 %	55 %	43 %	51 %	51 %	26 %
Clay	20 %	24 %	33 %	20 %	24 %	24 %	27 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Silt loam	Silty clay loam	Loam	Silt loam	Silt loam	Sandy clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.61 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.61 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.25 %	0.5 %	0.23 %	0.25 %	0.5 %	0.5 %	32.89 %
PH	5.3	5.4	6.2	5.3	5.4	5.4	4.6
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	63 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	62 cmol kg⁻¹	63 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	9 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	59 %	59 %	59 %	59 %	59 %	59 %	40 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	4.9 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	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

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