Parndana Conservation Park Explained

Type:protected
Parndana Conservation Park
State:sa
Iucn Category:iii
Coordinates:-35.7583°N 137.3292°W
Relief:yes
Pushpin Label Position:left
Nearest Town Or City:Parndana,
Area:625ha
Area Footnotes:[1]
Established Footnotes:[2]
Managing Authorities:Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources

Parndana Conservation Park (formerly Parndana National Park) is a protected area in South Australia located on Kangaroo Island. It was dedicated in 1968 for the protection of remnant native vegetation.

Description

The conservation park has an area of and is located in the locality of Cassini about north-east of the town of Parndana in the central part of the island, about west of Kingscote.[3] The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area.[4]

Flora and fauna

Most of the area of the conservation park carries low open forest and shrubland featuring Eucalyptus baxteri and E. cosmophylla over Allocasuarina muelleriana, Banksia marginata, B. ornata, Xanthorrhoea tateana, Leptospermum myrsinoides and Hakea sp. Some areas along drainage lines have an open forest or woodland of E. cladocalyx over Acacia paradoxa. The conservation park provides feeding and nesting habitat for Glossy Black Cockatoos.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 16 July 2015). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 3 August 2015.
  2. Web site: DeGaris . R.C. . NATIONAL PARKS ACT, 1966: HUNDRED OF SEDDON—PARNDANA NATIONAL PARK DECLARED . The South Australian Government Gazette . South Australian Government . 14 June 2018 . 941 . 26 September 1968.
  3. Web site: Search result for "Parndana Conservation Park" (Record no SA0053655) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" . Property Location Browser . Government of South Australia . 7 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . 12 October 2016 . dead .
  4. Web site: Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (see 'DETAIL' tab). CAPAD 2012. Australian Government - Department of the Environment. 13 March 2015. 2014.
  5. Book: Conservation Parks of Kangaroo Island Management Plan. Anon . 1987 . Department of Environment and Planning, South Australia . Adelaide . 0-7243-8983-0. 60–63.