Yalpara Conservation 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 Yalpara about north of the state capital of Adelaide and about north-east of

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. The conservation park occupies land in section 112 of the cadastral unit of the

Hundred of Yalpara The Hundred of Yalpara is a hundred in the County of Dalhousie, South Australia. The hundred was established 1876 and a government town called Brassey was laid out, though it never developed into a township. The hundred is largely occupied by t ...

. It was proclaimed on 10 June 1976 under the '' National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972'' in order to preserve “an example of rangeland country”. As of 2016, it covered an area of . In 1980, the conservation park was described as being on “relatively flat terrain”, as having vegetation consisting of “an open woodland of '' Eucalyptus socialis'' with '' Myoporum platycarpum'' over an open shrubland understorey of ''

Atriplex ''Atriplex'' () is a plant genus of about 250 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache (; also spelled orach). It belongs to the subfamily Chenopodioideae of the family Amaranthaceae ''s.l.''. The genus is quite variable and w ...

'', '' Kochia'' and numerous introduced species” and that it was in “a degraded state, having suffered heavy grazing.” The conservation park is classified as an

IUCN 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 natu ...

Category III protected area. It was listed on the now-defunct

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References

External links

Yalpara Conservation Park webpage on the Protected Planet website
{{Protected areas of South Australia, state=collapsed Conservation parks of South Australia Protected areas established in 1976 1976 establishments in Australia South Australian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate