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REINFFORCE - Arboretum - Potes
Municipality: Potes
Region: Cantabria
Country: Spain
Website: http://sostenible.palencia.uva.es/gfs/proyectos/List/Competitivos/2/30/Detail.aspx
Partner in charge of the site: FGUVA

Site characteristics

Altitude (m): 525
Topography: high slope
Orientation: NW
Slope: 50.0
Hydrology: Waters under river Deva basin
South containment: 0
Soil type: CAMBISOLS
Soil sub-type: umbric
Parent rock: sandstone
Soil depth (cm): 60

Climate

Average temperature (°C): 13.0
Average precipitation (mm): 900
Number of frost days: 70
Reference period for climatic data:

History of the site

OWNER: City council of Potes POTENTIAL VEGETATION: Series Colino-Montana Orocantabrica relict of Quercus rotundifolia (Cephalanthero longifoliae - Querceto rotundifoliae sigmetum). Arbutus unedo siliceous Faciación. (Source: Rivas Martinez, 1987). DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT: Scrubland and grassland next to Pinus plantations. PREVIOUS MANAGEMENT AREA: Pinus radiata forest of about 37 years of age. CURRENT STATUS OF THE LAND BEFORE PLANTING THE ARBORETUM: Pinus radiata plantation which is currently being cut and removed. SUSCEPTIBILITY TO PESTS AND DISEASES: species that may be nearby.
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