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Talapar Conservation Park
__NOTOC__ Talapar Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's Limestone Coast in the gazetted locality of Keppoch about north-west of the town centre in Naracoorte. The conservation park occupies land in sections 373, 374 and 402 of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Glen Roy. It was proclaimed under the '' National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972'' on 2 June 1977. As of July 2016, the conservation park covered an area of . In 1992, the conservation park was described as follows. Firstly, the extent of “small interconnected ephemeral wetlands” had been “severely reduced” due to the effectiveness of regional land drainage and these areas may be restored by “minor earthworks on the northern side” of the conservation park. Secondly, soils with the conservation park are reported as being located in the “Bool Lagoon Environmental Association,” and consisting of “alkaline, shallow, weakly structured sand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keppoch, South Australia
__NOTOC__ Keppoch (formerly Cockatoo Lake and Keppach) is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about south east of the state capital of Adelaide and about north-east of the municipal seat of Naracoorte. Keppoch started as a town surveyed in 1870 with a proposed name of Cockatoo Lake, but it was given the name of ‘Keppoch’ “after a village in Argyll, Scotland” by Governor Fergusson. However, this name was misspelt as 'Keppach'. It was officially renamed in 1938 under the ''Crown Lands Act 1929'' via proclamation as the “Town of Keppoch” on the basis that “the name, which is of Scottish origin, was incorrectly spelt.” A school opened with the name "Keppach" which was changed to "Keppoch" in 1942 and which was closed in 1951. Boundaries were created in April 2001 for the locality which include the extent of the government town of Keppoch. The majority land use within the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptospermum Juniperinum
''Leptospermum juniperinum'', commonly known as the prickly tea tree, is a species of broom-like shrub that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has narrow, sharply pointed leaves, white flowers usually arranged singly on short side shoots and small fruit that remain on the plant when mature. Description ''Leptospermum juniperinum'' is a broom-like shrub that typically grows to a height of and has thin, rough bark. The leaves are narrow elliptical or narrow lance-shaped, long and wide with a sharply pointed tip. The flowers are usually borne singly on short side shoots and are wide on a pedicel less than long. The floral cup is long, the sepals broadly egg-shaped and about long, the petals often about long and the stamens long. Flowering mostly occurs from November to December and the fruit is a capsule usually less than wide and that is not shed when mature. Taxonomy ''Leptospermum juniperinum'' was first formally described in 1797 by James Edward Smith in ''Transactio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protected Areas Established In 1977
Protection is any measure taken to guard a thing against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Although the mechanisms for providing protection vary widely, the basic meaning of the term remains the same. This is illustrated by an explanation found in a manual on electrical wiring: Some kind of protection is a characteristic of all life, as living things have evolved at least some protective mechanisms to counter damaging environmental phenomena, such as ultraviolet light. Biological membranes such as bark on trees and skin on animals offer protection from various threats, with skin playing a key role in protecting organisms against pathogens and excessive water loss. Additional structures like scales and hair offer further protection from the elements and from predators, with some animals having features such as spines or camouflage servin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservation Parks Of South Australia
Conservation is the preservation or efficient use of resources, or the conservation of various quantities under physical laws. Conservation may also refer to: Environment and natural resources * Nature conservation, the protection and management of the environment and natural resources * Conservation biology, the science of protection and management of biodiversity * Conservation movement, political, environmental, or social movement that seeks to protect natural resources, including biodiversity and habitat * Conservation organization, an organization dedicated to protection and management of the environment or natural resources * Wildlife conservation, the practice of protecting wild species and their habitats in order to prevent species from going extinct * ''Conservation'' (magazine), published by the Society for Conservation Biology from 2000 to 2014 ** ''Conservation Biology'' (journal), scientific journal of the Society for Conservation Biology Physical laws * Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protected Areas Of South Australia
Protected areas of South Australia consists of protected areas located within South Australia and its immediate onshore waters and which are managed by South Australian Government agencies. As of March 2018, South Australia contains 359 separate protected areas declared under the ''National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972'', the ''Crown Land Management Act 2009'' and the ''Wilderness Protection Act 1992'' which have a total land area of or 21.5% of the state's area. Jurisdiction The jurisdiction for legislation of protected areas within South Australia and the immediate onshore waters known officially as ‘the coastal waters and waters within the limits of South Australia' belongs to the South Australian government. The major piece of legislation concerned with the creation and the subsequent management of protected areas is the ''National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972''. Protected areas created by this Act form the majority of South Australia’s contribution to the National Rese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IUCN Protected Area Categories
IUCN protected area categories, or IUCN protected area management categories, are categories used to classify protected areas in a system developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The enlisting of such areas is part of a strategy being used toward the conservation of the world's natural environment and biodiversity. The IUCN has developed the protected area management categories system to define, record and classify the wide variety of specific aims and concerns when categorising protected areas and their objectives. This categorisation method is recognised on a global scale by national governments and international bodies such as the United Nations and the Convention on Biological Diversity. Categories Category Ia – strict nature reserve A strict nature reserve (IUCN Category Ia) is an area which is protected from all but light human use in order to protect its biodiversity and also possibly its geological/geomorphical features. These areas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Union For Conservation Of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. It is involved in data gathering and analysis, research, field projects, advocacy, and education. IUCN's mission is to "influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable". Over the past decades, IUCN has widened its focus beyond conservation ecology and now incorporates issues related to sustainable development in its projects. IUCN does not itself aim to mobilize the public in support of nature conservation. It tries to influence the actions of governments, business and other stakeholders by providing information and advice and through building partnerships. The organization is best known to the wider pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptocarpus (plant)
''Leptocarpus'' is a genus of dioeceous rush-like perennial plants described as a genus in 1810. The genus as currently conceived is entirely endemic to Australia. A few species native to other places were formerly included, but they have been moved to other genera. Species The following species are accepted as of 2021: *'' Leptocarpus canus'' Nees * '' Leptocarpus coangustatus'' Nees * '' Leptocarpus crassipes'' Pate & Meney * '' Leptocarpus crebriculmis'' B.G.Briggs * '' Leptocarpus decipiens'' B.G.Briggs * '' Leptocarpus denmarkicus'' (Suess.) B.G.Briggs * '' Leptocarpus depilatus'' B.G.Briggs * '' Leptocarpus kraussii'' B.G.Briggs * '' Leptocarpus laxus'' (R.Br.) B.G.Briggs * '' Leptocarpus roycei'' B.G.Briggs * '' Leptocarpus scariosus'' R.Br. * '' Leptocarpus scoparius'' B.G.Briggs * '' Leptocarpus tenax'' (Labill.) R.Br. * '' Leptocarpus tephrinus'' B.G.Briggs * '' Leptocarpus thysananthus'' B.G.Briggs * '' Leptocarpus trisepalus'' (Nees) B.G.Briggs Formerly included ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepidosperma Laterale
''Lepidosperma laterale'', commonly known as the variable swordsedge, is a plant found in south-eastern Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand. It is often found on sandy soils or rocky areas in wooded areas. The specific epithet ''laterale'' is derived from the Latin, which refers to the sides. It is a somewhat indeterminate species, with different varieties recognized. As yet, no further formal division of this species has been made. In 1810, this species first appeared in scientific literature in the '' Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae'', written by the prolific Scottish botanist Robert Brown. The variable swordsedge can grow to one metre tall, and is found in a variety of situations. However it does not occur in the more arid parts of Australia. The leaves can be glossy, 3 to 8 mm wide. The leaf base is usually orange-reddish in colour. The flowers form on a panicle in spring and summer. The spikelets are not dense, and the secondary inflorescence branches are expos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machaerina Juncea
''Machaerina juncea'', commonly known as bare twig-rush or tussock swamp twig rush, is a sedge in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, that is native to Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia. Description The grass-like sedge is rhizomatous and perennial. It typically grows to a height of and colonises easily. The woody and shortly creeping rhizome has a diameter of and is covered in light brown papery, loose, imbricate bracts. The terete, rigid, erect, smooth, glaucous culms arise as crowded tufts along rhizome and have one to two distant nodes. The leaves are light brown or reddish sheathing bracts. It blooms between October and March producing brown flowers. Each stiff, erect, spike-like and sparingly branched inflorescence has a length of and has a much shorter sheathing bract underneath. The red-brown coloured spikelets have a length of and contain one or two flowers. The oblong to ovoid shaped nut that forms later has a length of and is dark brown to black and orange near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melaleuca Halmaturorum
''Melaleuca halmaturorum'', commonly known as South Australian swamp paperbark, kangaroo honey-myrtle or salt paper-bark is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria. It is often a tree with an unusual, crooked form, sometimes looking like an enlarged example of bonsai. Description ''Melaleuca halmaturorum'' is a slow growing shrub or small tree, eventually growing to tall, often with a crooked, straggling, irregular or untidy form and creamy-grey, papery bark. Its leaves are dark green, glabrous and arranged in alternate pairs at right angles to the ones above and below ( decussate), so that there are four rows of leaves along the stem. The leaves are linear to lance-shaped, long, wide, with many distinct oil glands on the lower surface and a stalk about long. The flowers are white or cream and arranged in heads, sometimes on the ends of branches which continue to grow after flowering but also in the upper le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eucalyptus Fasciculosa
''Eucalyptus fasciculosa'', commonly known as pink gum, hill gum or scrub gum, is a species of small tree that is endemic to southern Australia. It has mostly smooth, light grey to pinkish bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and conical to barrel-shaped fruit. Description ''Eucalyptus fasciculosa'' is a tree with a single stem, rarely a mallee, and typically grows to a height of and a width of . It has smooth, off-white to slaty blue bark that is shed in flakes, sometimes with rough flaky bark near the base. Young plants and coppice regrowth have egg-shaped, petiolate leaves long and wide. The adult leaves are arranged alternately, thick, the same glossy green to blue-green on both sides, long and wide on a petiole long. The flower buds are arranged on the ends of stems on a branching peduncle long, the individual buds on pedicels long. Mature buds are oval to diamond-shaped, long and wide with a conical operculum. Flow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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