Beyeria Conservation Park

{{Short description|Protected area in South Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date= May 2026}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Beyeria Conservation Park | image = | image_caption = | image_alt = | iucn_category = iv | iucn_ref = <ref name=CAPAD2016SASum>{{cite web|title= Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab ) |url= http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/761994ab-42cc-4f24-952c-c21221861884/files/capad2016sa.xlsx |work=CAPAD 2016|publisher=Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE) |access-date=21 February 2018 |date=2016}}</ref> | coordinates = {{coord|35|47|18.96|S|137|35|43.79|E|display=inline,title}} | map = South Australia | map_alt = | map_width = 200px | relief = yes | label = Beyeria Conservation Park | label_position = left | location = [[South Australia]], [[Haines, South Australia|Haines]]<ref name=LMV>{{cite web|title= Search results for "Beyeria Conservation Park" with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Hundreds', 'Roads' and 'Gazetteer' |url= http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=137.70588&y=-35.816&z=12&uids=41,19,8,105,136&pinx=137.595430&piny=-35.787940&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Beyeria+Conservation+Park,+Park |website=Location SA Map Viewer |publisher= South Australian Government |access-date=23 September 2019 }}</ref> | established = {{start date|1987|05|14|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Blevins |first1=F.T. |title=NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT, 1972: SECTION 30—BEYERIA CONSERVATION PARK CONSTITUTED |url=http://www8.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1987/27/1248.pdf |website=The South Australian Government Gazette |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=23 September 2019 |page=1248 |date=14 May 1987 |quote=Constitute as a conservation park the following Crown lands— Section 164, Hundred of Haines, County of Carnarvon.}}</ref> | area_ha = | area_km2 = 1.88 | area_ref = <ref name=ReserveList>{{cite web|title=Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 16 July 2015)|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/public/park_management/protected-areas-30june2015.pdf|publisher=Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources|access-date=3 August 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924041116/http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/public/park_management/protected-areas-30june2015.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> | visitation_num = "little use" | visitation_year = 1992 | visitation_ref = | website = | nearest_city = [[Kingscote, South Australia|Kingscote]] | nearest_town = | governing_body = [[Department for Environment and Water (South Australia)|Department for Environment and Water]] }}

'''Beyeria Conservation Park''' is a [[protected area]] in the Australian state of [[South Australia]] located on [[Kangaroo Island]] in the gazetted locality of [[Haines, South Australia|Haines]],<ref name=LMV/> about {{convert|16 |km|abbr=off}} south of [[Kingscote, South Australia|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]]'').<ref name=mp>{{cite book |title=Beyeria and Lathami Conservation Parks Management Plan|author=Anon |year=1992 |publisher=Department of Environment and Planning, South Australia |location=Adelaide |isbn=0-7308-2674-0|url= http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/ee9e176f-3622-45cb-901b-9e4f00b175c5/PARKS_PDFS_BEYERIA_CPS_MP.pdf}}</ref>

The conservation park has an area of {{convert|188 |ha|abbr=off}}. It has sandy loam [[laterite|lateritic]] soils over deep clay, with [[gilgai]]s 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]]''.<ref name=mp/>

The conservation park is classified as an [[IUCN protected area categories#Category IV – habitat or species management area|IUCN Category IV protected area]].<ref name=CAPAD2016SASum/> In 1991, it was listed on the now-defunct [[Register of the National Estate]].<ref name="NRE">{{cite AHD|17756|Beyeria Conservation Park, Willsons Rd, Kingscote (sic), SA, Australia - listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate |date=14 May 1991|access-date=23 September 2019}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.protectedplanet.net/beyeria-conservation-park Beyeria Conservation Park webpage on protected planet]

[[Category:Conservation parks of South Australia]] [[Category:Protected areas of Kangaroo Island]] [[Category:Protected areas established in 1987]] [[Category:1987 establishments in Australia]] [[Category:South Australian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate]]