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Spring Mount Conservation Park, formerly the Spring Mount Wild-Life Reserve, is a
protected area in the Australian state of
South Australia
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located in the localities of
Hindmarsh Valley and
Inman Valley about south of the state capital of
Adelaide
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The conservation park consists of the following land in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Encounter Bay – Sections 95, 633, 651 and 715, Allotment 100 in Deposited Plan 68900 and Pieces 50 and 51 in Deposited Plan 90949. Sections 633 and 715 first acquired protected area status as a wild-life reserve proclaimed on 3 February 1966 under the ''National Park and Wild Life Reserves Act 1891-1960''.]National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972
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 sepa ...
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Spring Mount Conservation Park. Represents a relatively undisturbed area of mature stringybark forest and the large trees provide a breeding habitat for the spectacular but poorly studied ''Calyptorhynchus funereus
The yellow-tailed black cockatoo (''Zanda funerea'') is a large cockatoo native to the south-east of Australia measuring in length. It has a short crest on the top of its head. Its plumage is mostly brownish black and it has prominent yellow ...
'' (yellow tailed black cockatoo). ''Petroica phoenicea
The flame robin (''Petroica phoenicea'') is a small passerine bird native to Australia. It is a moderately common resident of the coolest parts of south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Like the other two red-breasted ''Petroica'' robins&md ...
'' (flame robin) which is uncommon in South Australia … and '' Zoothera dauma'' (scaly thrush) which is threatened due to destruction of its habitat. Both occur in the park…
Situated in a high rainfall area (1,000mm per annum) Spring Mount Conservation Park consists of an undulating ironstone plateau with one or two small but quite steep valleys. The vegetation is an open forest of ''Eucalyptus obliqua
''Eucalyptus obliqua'', commonly known as messmate stringybark or messmate, but also known as brown top, brown top stringbark, stringybark or Tasmanian oak, is a species of tree that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has rough, stringy or ...
'' and '' E. baxteri'' with a mid-dense understorey comprising a great variety of sclerophyllous shrubs. '' Macropus fuliginosus'' (western grey kangaroo) is common in the park, which has at least five other native mammal species…
This park is relatively undisturbed, although an old quarry is situated in Section 95.
The conservation park is categorised as an IUCN Category III protected area[ In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.]
See also
*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 sepa ...
References
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External links
Webpage for the Spring Mount Conservation Park on the Protected Planet websiteWebpage for the Spring Mount Conservation Park on the BirdsSA website
{{Protected areas of South Australia, state=collapsed
Conservation parks of South Australia
Protected areas established in 1966
1966 establishments in Australia
South Australian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate