World Species : Protected Area : Anysberg Nature Reserve

Anysberg Nature Reserve

Location:	Western Cape, South Africa
IUCN Category:	IV
Area:	115,283 acres (46,654 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

Montane fynbos and renosterveld
Succulent Karoo

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A			B						C		D

Share	78 %	6 %	16 %	38 %	18 %	12 %	16 %	9 %	7 %	88 %	12 %	88 %	12 %
Soil Type	Lithic Leptosols	Eutric Cambisols	Lithic Leptosols	Ferralic Arenosols	Ferralic Arenosols	Eutric Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Haplic Arenosols	Eutric Fluvisols	Lithic Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	10 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	10 cm	10 cm	10 cm
Drainage	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Imperfectly
Available Water Capacity	15 mm	150 m	15 mm	100 m	100 m	50 mm	15 mm	100 m	150 m	15 mm	15 mm	15 mm	15 mm
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	20 %	1 %	20 %	1 %	1 %	20 %	20 %	1 %	1 %	20 %	20 %	20 %	20 %
Sand	43 %	45 %	43 %	89 %	89 %	50 %	43 %	89 %	44 %	43 %	43 %	43 %	43 %
Silt	29 %	31 %	29 %	5 %	5 %	30 %	29 %	6 %	33 %	29 %	29 %	29 %	29 %
Clay	28 %	24 %	28 %	6 %	6 %	20 %	28 %	5 %	23 %	28 %	28 %	28 %	28 %
USDA Texture	Clay loam	Loam	Clay loam	Sand	Sand	Loam	Clay loam	Sand	Loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.36 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.67 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.7 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.31 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.39 %	0.87 %	0.39 %	0.27 %	0.27 %	0.72 %	0.39 %	0.23 %	0.73 %	0.39 %	0.39 %	0.39 %	0.39 %
PH	7.5	6.6	7.5	5.5	5.5	6.5	7.5	6.1	7	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	51 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	49 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	16 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	100 %	91 %	100 %	75 %	75 %	87 %	100 %	91 %	91 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	16 cmol kg⁻¹	13.7 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	10.4 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	2.7 cmol kg⁻¹	12.7 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	3.1 %	1 %	3.1 %	0 %	0 %	0.8 %	3.1 %	0.5 %	1.5 %	3.1 %	3.1 %	3.1 %	3.1 %
Calcium Sulphate	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	3 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.4 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel		1 %		1 %	1 %			1 %	1 %
Sand		43 %		88 %	88 %			90 %	45 %
Silt		30 %		5 %	5 %			5 %	31 %
Clay		27 %		7 %	7 %			5 %	24 %
USDA Texture		Clay loam		Loamy sand	Loamy sand			Sand	Loam
Reference Bulk Density		1.36 g/cm³		1.65 g/cm³	1.65 g/cm³			1.7 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density		1.39 g/cm³		1.57 g/cm³	1.57 g/cm³			1.53 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³
Organic Carbon		0.34 %		0.11 %	0.11 %			0.11 %	0.32 %
PH		7		5.3	5.3			6.1	7.3
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity		52 cmol kg⁻¹		18 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹			38 cmol kg⁻¹	48 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity		15 cmol kg⁻¹		2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹			2 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation		94 %		76 %	76 %			98 %	94 %
Total Exchangeable Bases		14.1 cmol kg⁻¹		1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹			2 cmol kg⁻¹	12.2 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate		1.6 %		0 %	0 %			0.5 %	2 %
Calcium Sulphate		0.1 %		0 %	0 %			0 %	0.1 %
Exchangeable Sodium		2 %		4 %	4 %			3 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity		0.2 dS m-1		0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1			0 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