Global Species : Protected Area : Bassin supérieur de l'Ourthe occidentale (Libramont-Chevigny)

Bassin supérieur de l'Ourthe occidentale (Libramont-Chevigny)

Location:	Belgium
Area:	3,584 acres (1,450 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
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Soils

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— Protected Area Boundary

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Share	50 %	45 %	5 %
Soil Type	Dystric Cambisols	Gleyic Cambisols	Fibric Histosols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Fine
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Poor	Very poor
Available Water Capacity	50 m	150 m	150 m
Phase 1	Stony	Fragipan
Phase 2	Gravelly
Root Obstacle	60 - 80 cm	40 - 60 cm
Impermeable Layer	80 - 150 cm	80 - 150 cm
Soil Water Regime	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month	Wet within 40 cm depth for over 11 month
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	10 %	4 %	1 %
Sand	42 %	45 %	20 %
Silt	38 %	36 %	40 %
Clay	20 %	19 %	40 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Clay
Reference Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.26 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.3 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.45 %	1 %	33.63 %
PH	5.1	6.4	4.3
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	32 cmol kg⁻¹	38 cmol kg⁻¹	45 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	12 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	77 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	38 %	85 %	62 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	4.3 cmol kg⁻¹	8.2 cmol kg⁻¹	31.4 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	19 %	18 %	2 %
Sand	45 %	39 %	47 %
Silt	35 %	34 %	26 %
Clay	20 %	27 %	27 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Clay loam	Sandy clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.42 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.36 g/cm³	1.6 g/cm³	0.1 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.5 %	0.47 %	32.89 %
PH	5.2	6.7	4.6
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	35 cmol kg⁻¹	37 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	9 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	78 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	33 %	88 %	40 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹	11.3 cmol kg⁻¹	27.4 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0.1 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %	1 %
Electrical Conductivity	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.