Municipality: Usurbil Region: Pais Vasco Country: Spain Website: http://www.hazi.es/es/ Partner in charge of the site: HAZI
Site characteristics
Altitude (m): 240 Topography: high slope Orientation: NE Slope: 50.0 Hydrology: Flat soil, without rivers South containment: 0 Soil type: CAMBISOLS Soil sub-type: dystric-eutric Parent rock: marl Soil depth (cm): 60
Climate
Average temperature (°C): 13.5 Average precipitation (mm): 1500 Number of frost days: 13 Reference period for climatic data: 1950-2000
History of the site
The arboretum was planted in an old wood of radiate pine, 40 years old and cut down in the summer of the year 2011. All forest labours after the cut (branches clearings, rests stacking in rows) were done by hand, because the strong slopes. The land is property of Diputación Foral of Gipuzkoa, the provincial Government. Its Forest Service gave permission to IKT/Hazi to establish this plantation at the end of 2011.