|
Horizon |
Thickness (mm) |
Stone fraction (%) |
Texture |
Porosity (volume fraction) |
Water content at field capacity (volume fraction) |
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| Spruce | Beech | Spruce | Beech | Spruce | Beech | Spruce | Beech | Spruce | Beech | Spruce | Beech |
| O | O | 80 | 30 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Ae | Ah | 50 | 120 | 10 | 10 | Sandy loam | Sandy loam | 0.55 | 0.6 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
| Bs | Bw | 70 | 530 | 10 | 25 | Loamy sand | Sandy loam | 0.6 | 0.55 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
| Bw | Cw | 530 | 350 | 25 | 50 | Sandy loam | Loamy sand | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
|
Cw |
350 |
|
50 |
|
Loamy sand |
|
0.4 |
0.2 | |||
|
Horizon |
pH (CaCl2) |
C (mg.g−1 DM) |
C/N ratio |
CEC (mmol.kg−1) |
Base saturation (%) |
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| Spruce | Beech | Spruce | Beech | Spruce | Beech | Spruce | Beech | Spruce | Beech | Spruce | Beech |
| O | O | 3.5 | 4.2 | 300 | 350 | 25 | 25 | 170 | 15 | ||
| Ae | Ah | 3.8 | 4.2 | 30 | 50 | 20 | 18 | 120 | 100 | 9 | 15 |
| Bs | Bw | 4.2 | 4.5 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 100 | 60 | 10 | 10 |
| Bw | Cw | 4.5 | 4.5 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 70 | 50 | 15 | 15 |
| Cw | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5 | 10 | 60 | 18 | 20 | ||||
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† Topography: slope 10%, aspect W, elevation 500 m asl, freely draining soil. | |||||||||||