__NOTOC__ Myponga Conservation Park (formerly the Myponga National Park) 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 South Australia in the locality of Myponga about south of the state capital of Adelaide and about south-south-west of the town of Myponga. The conservation park consists of land in the sections 269 and 270 in the cadastral unit of the

Hundred of Myponga The County of Hindmarsh is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed by Governor George Grey in 1842 and named for Governor John Hindmarsh. Description It extends from the Fleurieu Peninsula in the southwest t ...

. The land first received protected area status as the ''Myponga National Park'' proclaimed on 24 February 1972 under the ''National Parks Act 1966''. On 27 April 1972, the national park was reconstituted under the '' National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972'' as the ''Myponga Conservation Park''. As of 2018, it covered an area of . The Heysen Trail, the long-distance walking trail, enters from the south at the south-east corner of section 269 and passes through and along the west side of the section. In 1980, the conservation park was described as follows:

Myponga Conservation Park preserves an area with a diverse and interesting flora that supports a mammalian and avian fauna representative of that of the Fleurieu Peninsula of particular note is the presence of the locally endangered short-nosed bandicoot (''
Isoodon obesulus The southern brown bandicoot (''Isoodon obesulus'') is a short-nosed bandicoot, a type of marsupial, found mostly in southern Australia. It is also known as the quenda in South Western Australia (from the Noongar word ''). Taxonomy George Shaw ...
'') and the rare plants '' Casuarina striata'' and '' Cheiranthera cyanea''… This park which occupies hilly terrain typical of the Fleurieu Peninsula, contains a diverse flora that falls into three main structural forms. The areas of better soils near creeks and along ridges have a low open forest of '' Eucalyptus leucoxylon'' and '' obliqua''. Open scrub of '' E. cosmophylla'' with depauperate '' E. fasciculosa'' and ''E. leucoxylon'' over a dense understorey of '' Hakea'', '' Banksia'' and '' Xanthorrhoea'' series covers the hill slope areas with patches of closed heath of the same species… Myponga Conservation Park is substantially undisturbed although surrounded by cultural environments.

The conservation park is classified as an

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Category III protected area. In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct

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References

External links

Myponga Conservation Park webpage on the Protected Planet websiteMyponga Conservation Park webpage on the BirdsSA website
{{Protected areas of South Australia, state=collapsed Conservation parks of South Australia Protected areas established in 1972 1972 establishments in Australia South Australian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate

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