__NOTOC__ Calectasia Conservation Park, formerly the Calectasia National Parks Reserve, is a

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...

located in the Australian state of

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in the locality of Wattle Range about south-east of the state capital of

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and about west of the town of Penola. The conservation park occupies land in section 157 of the cadastral unit of the

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on the southern side of the Robe - Penola Road. The land first acquired protected area status as the ''Calectasia National Parks Reserve'' proclaimed on 7 September 1967 under the ''National Parks Act 1966''. On 27 April 1972, it was renamed as the ''Calectasia Conservation Park'' upon the proclamation of the ''

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'' which repealed the former act along with other statutes concerned with

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. As of 2016, it covered an area of . In 1980, the statement of significance provided for the now-defunct

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states that it “preserves a population of the blue tinsel lily… now rare in South Australia and a small seasonal swamp important for water birds and eastern swamp rats.” In 1990, the conservation park was described as consisting of a ‘’stranded dune system” remnant divided into two areas by a low-lying area which accounts for about 70% of the conservation park's area and which is “subject to inundation during the wetter months of the year.” The area in the south supports a brown stringybark woodland with an understorey of Austral grass tree, the ‘low-lying area’ supports “a dense grassland of mainly

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” while the area in the north supports a “low woodland of brown stringybark with large scattered

desert banksia ''Banksia ornata'', commonly known as desert banksia, is a species of shrub that is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. The Ngarrindjeri people of the Lower Murray region in South Australia know it as yelakut. It has thin bark, serr ...

… and a dense heath understorey.” The blue tinsel lily grows in the north east part of the conservation park where a protective enclosure has been erected around the main stand of the plant. Additional protection exists for the species in the form of a vermin proof fence to the perimeter of the conservation park. The conservation park was within the part of the state that was burnt during the

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in February 1983. The conservation park is classified as an

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Category IV protected area.

References

External links

Calectasia Conservation Park webpage on the Protected Planet website
{{Protected areas of South Australia, state=collapsed Conservation parks of South Australia Protected areas established in 1967 1967 establishments in Australia Limestone Coast South Australian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate

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