World Species : Protected Area : Minziro Forest Reserve

Minziro Forest Reserve

Location:	Tanzania
Area:	76,954 acres (31,142 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Am (Climate: equatorial; Precipitation: monsoonal)

Ecoregions

Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A					B					C

Share	30 %	20 %	15 %	20 %	15 %	35 %	20 %	15 %	15 %	15 %	40 %	20 %	15 %	10 %	15 %
Soil Type	Umbric Leptosols	Haplic Ferralsols	Haplic Acrisols	Rhodic Ferralsols	Ferralic Cambisols	Ferralic Cambisols	Xanthic Ferralsols	Haplic Ferralsols	Rhodic Ferralsols	Fibric Histosols	Dystric Gleysols	Eutric Fluvisols	Eutric Fluvisols	Vertic Cambisols	Fibric Histosols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Fine	Medium	Fine	Medium	Fine	Medium	Fine	Medium		Fine	Fine	Medium	Fine
Reference Depth	30 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
Drainage	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Very poor	Very poor	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Very poor
Available Water Capacity	50 mm	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m
Misc. Property														Vertic (cracks of more than 1 cm wide)
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	20 %	0 %	1 %	0 %	1 %	16 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	1 %	0 %	2 %	0 %	1 %	1 %
Sand	55 %	49 %	57 %	31 %	44 %	51 %	33 %	49 %	66 %	0 %	29 %	19 %	46 %	30 %	0 %
Silt	26 %	10 %	19 %	6 %	22 %	10 %	47 %	10 %	3 %	0 %	9 %	35 %	26 %	28 %	0 %
Clay	19 %	41 %	24 %	63 %	34 %	39 %	20 %	41 %	31 %	0 %	62 %	46 %	28 %	42 %	0 %
USDA Texture	Sandy loam	Sandy clay	Sandy clay loam	Clay (heavy)	Clay loam	Sandy clay	Loam	Sandy clay	Sandy clay loam		Clay (heavy)	Clay	Sandy clay loam	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.44 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³		1.21 g/cm³	1.24 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.07 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.2 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	1.18 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	2.62 %	1.42 %	0.8 %	0.98 %	1.02 %	1.73 %	0.99 %	1.42 %	0.63 %	33.87 %	2.07 %	1.2 %	3.13 %	0.78 %	33.87 %
PH	5	5.5	5.1	5.3	4.9	5.3	4.9	5.5	5.8	4.3	6	5.9	6.9	6.9	4.3
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	20 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹		38 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹	100 cmol kg⁻¹	56 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	84 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	39 cmol kg⁻¹	27 cmol kg⁻¹	84 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	29 %	8 %	51 %	24 %	39 %	46 %	23 %	8 %	59 %	40 %	65 %	87 %	94 %	92 %	40 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	3.8 cmol kg⁻¹	1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.4 cmol kg⁻¹	2.3 cmol kg⁻¹	5.5 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	1 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	33.6 cmol kg⁻¹	20.2 cmol kg⁻¹	34.8 cmol kg⁻¹	36.7 cmol kg⁻¹	24.8 cmol kg⁻¹	33.6 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.3 %	0.2 %	2.2 %	1.8 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	1 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	3 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	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	0.1 dS m-1	0.2 dS m-1	0 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel		0 %	1 %	0 %	1 %	34 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	1 %	1 %
Sand		42 %	48 %	31 %	41 %	48 %	28 %	42 %	48 %	0 %	31 %	41 %	41 %	25 %	0 %
Silt		8 %	17 %	6 %	22 %	8 %	49 %	8 %	3 %	0 %	5 %	26 %	26 %	28 %	0 %
Clay		50 %	35 %	63 %	37 %	44 %	23 %	50 %	49 %	0 %	64 %	33 %	33 %	47 %	0 %
USDA Texture		Clay	Sandy clay	Clay (heavy)	Clay loam	Sandy clay	Loam	Clay	Sandy clay		Clay (heavy)	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay
Reference Bulk Density		1.27 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.27 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³		1.21 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.25 g/cm³
Bulk Density		1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.16 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³	1.08 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³
Organic Carbon		1.01 %	0.36 %	0.37 %	0.36 %	0.78 %	0.3 %	1.01 %	0.31 %	31.91 %	2.03 %	1.96 %	1.96 %	0.41 %	31.91 %
PH		4.8	5	5.4	5	5.6	4.5	4.8	5.2	4.5	6.5	7.2	7.2	7.4	4.5
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity		3 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	13 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹		33 cmol kg⁻¹	76 cmol kg⁻¹	76 cmol kg⁻¹	56 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity		5 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	75 cmol kg⁻¹	28 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	28 cmol kg⁻¹	75 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation		20 %	35 %	29 %	49 %	49 %	26 %	20 %	46 %	39 %	80 %	95 %	95 %	99 %	39 %
Total Exchangeable Bases		1 cmol kg⁻¹	1.8 cmol kg⁻¹	2.3 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	4.4 cmol kg⁻¹	1 cmol kg⁻¹	1 cmol kg⁻¹	2.3 cmol kg⁻¹	29.3 cmol kg⁻¹	22.4 cmol kg⁻¹	31.4 cmol kg⁻¹	31.4 cmol kg⁻¹	27.7 cmol kg⁻¹	29.3 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	1.6 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate		0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium		5 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	3 %	3 %	5 %	2 %	1 %	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	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 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