This park preserves the only stand of red stringybark (''The flora of the conservation park includes '' Caladenia argocalla'' (white beauty spider orchid), a species listed both nationally and at state level as "endangered". Thousands of the red stringybark trees died following the very dry period from mid-2007 to early 2008 and the record heat-wave of March 2008. The leaves of others died, while the trees survived and later produced epicormic shoots; as of mid-2009 many of these had also died. An apparently small section of the conservation park (20ha) was burned in a lightning-ignited bushfire on 20 November 2009, further stressing some of the trees. A portion of the Riesling Trail known as the ''Spring Gully Loop'' passes along the northern side of the conservation park. The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area. In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.Eucalyptus macrorhyncha ''Eucalyptus macrorhyncha'', commonly known as the red stringybark, is a species of medium-sized tree that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has rough, stringy, grey to brown bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between se ...'') in South Australia. It is a relic population left behind from a wetter time, the nearest populations occurring near Dubbo in New South Wales and Cape Otway in Victoria. Fine views over the plains to the west can be seen from this park which is used by locals as a picnic area… Spring Gully is situated on a western ridge of the northernMount Lofty Range The Mount Lofty Ranges are a range of mountains in the Australian state of South Australia which for a small part of its length borders the east of Adelaide. The part of the range in the vicinity of Adelaide is called the Adelaide Hills and ...s, approximately 15km south of Clare. It has an open forest association dominated by ''Eucalyptus macrorhyncha'' on its upper slopes, particularly in the northern portion and has been cleared in its southern portion. Blackboys (''Xanthorrhoea ''Xanthorrhoea'' () is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants endemic to Australia. Species are known by the name grass tree. Description All are perennials and have a secondary thickening meristem in the stem. Many, but not all, ...'' sp.) occur in the more open areas. Western grey kangaroos and euros occur in the ranges here… Approximately a quarter of the park is cleared land…
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