Grass Tree Conservation Park
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)[1]
Grass Tree Conservation Park
Location	South Australia
Nearest city	Naracoorte[2]
Coordinates	36°48′29″S140°41′31″E / 36.8081°S 140.6920°E /-36.8081; 140.6920
Area	16 ha (40 acres)[3]
Established	17 August 1972 (1972-08-17)[4]
Visitors	‘very little visitor use’ (in 1992)[5]
Governing body	Department for Environment and Water

Grass Tree Conservation Park is aprotected area in the Australian state ofSouth Australia located in the state'sLimestone Coast in the gazetted locality ofCadgee about 17 kilometres (11 mi) north of the town centre inNaracoorte.^[2][5]

The conservation park occupies land in section 451 ofthe cadastral unit of theHundred of Hynam on the southern side of Boddingtons West Road.^[2][5] It was proclaimed under theNational Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 on 17 August 1972 for the purpose of protecting a stand ofgrass tree.^[5][4]

While thecrown land on which the conservation park was established had not been cleared for agricultural use, evidence of disturbance of theunderstorey in an open forest area and the associated presence of introduced grasses suggests that the land was “previously grazed by domestic livestock.”^[5][4]

In 1992, the conservation park was described as follows. Firstly, the soils within the conservation park are reported as being located in the “Naracoorte Environmental Association” which is “characterised by calcarenite dune ridges overlain by dunes or sheets of mobile sand.” Specifically, the majority of the soils in the conservation park are “deep, acid, bleached sands with a yellow-grey B horizon” while a minority consist of “shallower alkaline sandy soils of a reddish colour.”^[5] Secondly, land within the conservation park supported the following “three vegetation associations:”

1. a “low woodland “ ofbrown stringybark “associated with sandy soils of the stranded dune systems of the West Naracoorte Range,”
2. an “open forest - low open forest” ofpink gum associated with a stoney limestone rise in the central part” of the conservation park and “an understorey generally consisting of introduced grasses and pasture weeds such asCape weed (Arctotheca calendula);” and
3. a ”small area” of “open forest” ofSouth Australian blue gum in the south-east in the conservation park's south-east with “an understorey of grass trees,Austral bracken (pteridium esculentum), andrice flower (Pimelea sp.).”

As of 1992, the conservation park had “very little visitor use.” There were no facilities being provided for visitors apart from “boundary access tracks” of 5 metres (16 ft) width to its west, south and east boundaries.^[5]

The conservation park is classified as anIUCN Category III protected area.^[1]

• Protected areas of South Australia

• Entry for Grass Tree Conservation Park on the Protected Planet website

• IUCN Category III
• Conservation parks of South Australia
• Protected areas established in 1972
• 1972 establishments in Australia
• Limestone Coast

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