World Species : Protected Area : Malolotja Nature Reserve

Malolotja Nature Reserve

Location:	Swaziland
IUCN Category:	IV
Area:	42,044 acres (17,015 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Cwb (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: winter dry; Temperature: warm summer)

Ecoregions

Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A				B					C						D			E

Share	40 %	30 %	20 %	10 %	40 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	10 %	30 %	15 %	15 %	15 %	15 %	10 %	60 %	20 %	20 %	52 %	33 %	15 %
Soil Type	Dystric Regosols	Umbric Leptosols	Rhodic Ferralsols	Haplic Ferralsols	Dystric Regosols	Haplic Ferralsols	Humic Acrisols	Humic Acrisols	Gleyic Cambisols	Umbric Leptosols	Humic Acrisols	Dystric Cambisols	Haplic Ferralsols	Lithic Leptosols	Rhodic Ferralsols	Umbric Leptosols	Dystric Cambisols	Humic Acrisols	Umbric Leptosols	Rhodic Nitisols	Umbric Leptosols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Fine	Fine	Medium	Fine	Fine	Fine	Fine	Medium	Fine	Medium	Fine	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Fine	Medium	Fine	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	100 cm	30 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Imperfectly
Available Water Capacity	150 m	50 mm	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	50 mm	150 m	150 m	150 m	15 mm	150 m	50 mm	150 m	150 m	50 mm	150 m	50 mm
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	43 %	26 %	2 %	1 %	30 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	26 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	20 %	0 %	26 %	1 %	1 %	20 %	1 %	20 %
Sand	58 %	51 %	43 %	30 %	58 %	30 %	40 %	40 %	17 %	51 %	40 %	43 %	30 %	43 %	9 %	51 %	43 %	40 %	55 %	27 %	55 %
Silt	25 %	26 %	10 %	19 %	25 %	19 %	23 %	23 %	20 %	26 %	23 %	33 %	19 %	29 %	14 %	26 %	33 %	23 %	26 %	24 %	26 %
Clay	17 %	23 %	47 %	51 %	17 %	51 %	37 %	37 %	63 %	23 %	37 %	24 %	51 %	28 %	77 %	23 %	24 %	37 %	19 %	49 %	19 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Sandy clay loam	Clay	Clay	Sandy loam	Clay	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay (heavy)	Sandy clay loam	Clay loam	Loam	Clay	Clay loam	Clay (heavy)	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Clay loam	Sandy loam	Clay	Sandy loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.46 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.19 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.14 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.29 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.2 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.09 g/cm³	1.1 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.28 g/cm³	1.07 g/cm³	1.18 g/cm³	1.07 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.95 %	3.23 %	1.21 %	1.29 %	0.95 %	1.29 %	2.5 %	2.5 %	1.69 %	3.23 %	2.5 %	1.27 %	1.29 %	0.39 %	2.44 %	3.23 %	1.27 %	2.5 %	2.62 %	1.28 %	2.62 %
PH	5.1	4.8	5	5.1	5.1	5.1	4.8	4.8	5.7	4.8	4.8	5.1	5.1	7.5	4.9	4.8	5.1	4.8	5	5.7	5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	40 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	51 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	10 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	15 %	39 %	50 %	18 %	15 %	18 %	28 %	28 %	70 %	39 %	28 %	31 %	18 %	100 %	25 %	39 %	31 %	28 %	29 %	72 %	29 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	5.1 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	1.5 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	3.4 cmol kg⁻¹	3.4 cmol kg⁻¹	13.3 cmol kg⁻¹	5.1 cmol kg⁻¹	3.4 cmol kg⁻¹	3.7 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	5.1 cmol kg⁻¹	3.7 cmol kg⁻¹	3.4 cmol kg⁻¹	3.8 cmol kg⁻¹	9.4 cmol kg⁻¹	3.8 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	4 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	4 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	4 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0.4 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	28 %		1 %	1 %	30 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	3 %		1 %	1 %	1 %		1 %		1 %	1 %		1 %
Sand	65 %		34 %	25 %	63 %	25 %	35 %	35 %	17 %		35 %	45 %	25 %		7 %		45 %	35 %		20 %
Silt	21 %		12 %	19 %	22 %	19 %	20 %	20 %	34 %		20 %	31 %	19 %		19 %		31 %	20 %		18 %
Clay	14 %		54 %	56 %	15 %	56 %	45 %	45 %	49 %		45 %	24 %	56 %		74 %		24 %	45 %		62 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam		Clay	Clay	Sandy loam	Clay	Clay	Clay	Clay		Clay	Loam	Clay		Clay (heavy)		Loam	Clay		Clay (heavy)
Reference Bulk Density	1.5 g/cm³		1.24 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.23 g/cm³		1.27 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³		1.15 g/cm³		1.38 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³		1.2 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.38 g/cm³		1.25 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³		1.31 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.44 g/cm³		1.06 g/cm³		1.37 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³		1.21 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.3 %		0.52 %	0.62 %	0.35 %	0.62 %	0.85 %	0.85 %	0.42 %		0.85 %	0.4 %	0.62 %		0.78 %		0.4 %	0.85 %		0.51 %
PH	5.3		5.4	4.9	5.2	4.9	4.8	4.8	5.8		4.8	5.1	4.9		5.2		5.1	4.8		5.6
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	35 cmol kg⁻¹		6 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	25 cmol kg⁻¹		9 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹		5 cmol kg⁻¹		32 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹		14 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	6 cmol kg⁻¹		5 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹		7 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹		7 cmol kg⁻¹		9 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹		10 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	26 %		60 %	36 %	24 %	36 %	20 %	20 %	82 %		20 %	34 %	36 %		30 %		34 %	20 %		69 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	1.6 cmol kg⁻¹		3 cmol kg⁻¹	2.2 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	2.2 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	10.7 cmol kg⁻¹		1.4 cmol kg⁻¹	3.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.2 cmol kg⁻¹		2.1 cmol kg⁻¹		3.1 cmol kg⁻¹	1.4 cmol kg⁻¹		6.9 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %		0 %	0 %		0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %	0 %	0 %		0 %		0 %	0 %		0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %		2 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	3 %		2 %	1 %	2 %		2 %		1 %	2 %		2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0 dS m-1		0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1		0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1	0 dS m-1		0 dS m-1		0 dS m-1	0 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