World Species : Protected Area : West Coast National Park

West Coast National Park

Location:	Western Cape, South Africa
IUCN Category:	II
Area:	59,916 acres (24,247 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Website:	View website
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Csb (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: summer dry; Temperature: warm summer)

Ecoregions

Lowland fynbos and renosterveld

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A				B						C

Share	64 %	16 %	10 %	10 %	43 %	25 %	8 %	7 %	5 %	12 %	53 %	7 %	22 %	5 %	13 %
Soil Type	Albic Arenosols	Petric Calcisols	Albic Arenosols	Albic Arenosols	Lithic Leptosols	Lithic Leptosols	Gleyic Solonetz	Albic Arenosols	Petric Calcisols	Lithic Leptosols	Albic Arenosols	Lithic Leptosols	Albic Arenosols	Eutric Planosols	Albic Arenosols
Topsoil Texture	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Coarse	Medium	Coarse
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Somewhat excessive	Somewhat excessive	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Poor	Somewhat excessive	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Somewhat excessive	Imperfectly	Somewhat excessive	Poor	Somewhat excessive
Available Water Capacity	100 m	150 m	100 m	100 m	15 mm	15 mm	150 m	100 m	150 m	15 mm	100 m	15 mm	100 m	150 m	100 m
Misc. Property		Petric (strongly cemented or indurated layer starting within 100 cm)							Petric (strongly cemented or indurated layer starting within 100 cm)
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	0 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	20 %	20 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	20 %	1 %	20 %	1 %	1 %	1 %
Sand	98 %	62 %	86 %	86 %	43 %	43 %	35 %	86 %	62 %	43 %	86 %	43 %	86 %	56 %	86 %
Silt	1 %	18 %	9 %	9 %	29 %	29 %	37 %	9 %	18 %	29 %	9 %	29 %	9 %	25 %	9 %
Clay	1 %	20 %	5 %	5 %	28 %	28 %	28 %	5 %	20 %	28 %	5 %	28 %	5 %	19 %	5 %
USDA Texture	Sand	Sandy clay loam	Loamy sand	Loamy sand	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Loamy sand	Sandy clay loam	Clay loam	Loamy sand	Clay loam	Loamy sand	Sandy loam	Loamy sand
Reference Bulk Density	1.95 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.69 g/cm³	1.69 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.69 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.69 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.69 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.69 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.54 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.3 %	0.46 %	0.37 %	0.37 %	0.39 %	0.39 %	0.7 %	0.37 %	0.46 %	0.39 %	0.37 %	0.39 %	0.37 %	0.65 %	0.37 %
PH	6.1	8	5.4	5.4	7.5	7.5	7.4	5.4	8	7.5	5.4	7.5	5.4	5.9	5.4
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity		38 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	58 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹	26 cmol kg⁻¹	35 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	2 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	80 %	100 %	62 %	62 %	100 %	100 %	96 %	62 %	100 %	100 %	62 %	100 %	62 %	75 %	62 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	1.6 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	1.9 cmol kg⁻¹	1.9 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	17.3 cmol kg⁻¹	1.9 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	1.9 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	1.9 cmol kg⁻¹	5.3 cmol kg⁻¹	1.9 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.5 %	13.1 %	0 %	0 %	3.1 %	3.1 %	1.7 %	0 %	13.1 %	3.1 %	0 %	3.1 %	0 %	0.2 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	3 %	3 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	19 %	3 %	3 %	1 %	3 %	1 %	3 %	3 %	3 %
Electrical Conductivity	0 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	2 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	0 %	1 %	0 %	0 %			1 %	1 %	1 %		1 %		1 %	1 %	1 %
Sand	96 %	62 %	96 %	96 %			27 %	88 %	62 %		88 %		88 %	44 %	88 %
Silt	2 %	18 %	2 %	2 %			37 %	8 %	18 %		8 %		8 %	23 %	8 %
Clay	2 %	20 %	2 %	2 %			36 %	4 %	20 %		4 %		4 %	33 %	4 %
USDA Texture	Sand	Sandy clay loam	Sand	Sand			Clay loam	Sand	Sandy clay loam		Sand		Sand	Clay loam	Sand
Reference Bulk Density	1.85 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.85 g/cm³	1.85 g/cm³			1.29 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³		1.73 g/cm³		1.73 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.73 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.56 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.56 g/cm³	1.56 g/cm³			1.4 g/cm³	1.56 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³		1.56 g/cm³		1.56 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.56 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.3 %	0.23 %	0.3 %	0.3 %			0.25 %	0.14 %	0.23 %		0.14 %		0.14 %	0.26 %	0.14 %
PH	5.8	8.1	5.8	5.8			8.6	5.5	8.1		5.5		5.5	6.4	5.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	28 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	28 cmol kg⁻¹	28 cmol kg⁻¹			60 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹		20 cmol kg⁻¹		20 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	2 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹			23 cmol kg⁻¹	1 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹		1 cmol kg⁻¹		1 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	1 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	59 %	100 %	59 %	59 %			100 %	55 %	100 %		55 %		55 %	95 %	55 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	1.2 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	1.2 cmol kg⁻¹	1.2 cmol kg⁻¹			23 cmol kg⁻¹	0.6 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹		0.6 cmol kg⁻¹		0.6 cmol kg⁻¹	13.3 cmol kg⁻¹	0.6 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.1 %	36.4 %	0.1 %	0.1 %			3 %	0 %	36.4 %		0 %		0 %	0.6 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %			0.1 %	0 %	0.1 %		0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	4 %	4 %	4 %	4 %			40 %	4 %	4 %		4 %		4 %	4 %	4 %
Electrical Conductivity	0 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1			1.5 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1		0 dS m-1		0 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0 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