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Beyeria Conservation Park
Beyeria Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on Kangaroo Island in the gazetted locality of Haines, about 16 kilometres (9.9 miles) south of Kingscote on the northern edge of the MacGillivray Plain.

It was proclaimed on 14 May 1987, following requests to the state government by conservation groups and botanists to prevent further land clearing for agriculture in the vicinity, as well as to protect populations of rare plant species. The name of the conservation park is taken from the generic name of one of the plants so protected: the Kangaroo Island Turpentine Bush (Beyeria subtecta).

The conservation park has an area of 188 hectares (460 acres). It has sandy loam lateritic soils over deep clay, with gilgais in the otherwise level plain. There is a small, seasonally-filled swamp in the south-eastern corner. The vegetation association is Eucalyptus cneorifolia woodland with Melaleuca uncinata and Callistemon rugulosus in the swampy area. Apart from the turpentine bush, rare endemic plants in the reserve include Grevillea muricata, Olearia microdisca, and Caladenia ovata.

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN IUCN Category IV protected area. In 1991, it was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.

References

  1. ^ "Search results for "Beyeria Conservation Park" with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Hundreds', 'Roads' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. ^ Blevins, F.T. (14 May 1987). "NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT, 1972: SECTION 30—BEYERIA CONSERVATION PARK CONSTITUTED" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 1248. Retrieved 23 September 2019. Constitute as a conservation park the following Crown lands— Section 164, Hundred of Haines, County of Carnarvon.
  4. ^ "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 16 July 2015)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  5. ^ Anon (1992). Beyeria and Lathami Conservation Parks Management Plan (PDF). Adelaide: Department of Environment and Planning, South Australia. ISBN 0-7308-2674-0.
  6. ^ "Beyeria Conservation Park, Willsons Rd, Kingscote (sic), SA, Australia - listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate (Place ID 17756)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 14 May 1991. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
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