Waite Conservation Reserve Survey

Documentation of natural occurrences of native and alien flora to identify significant areas and assist in devising and prioritising conservation management. The survey aimed to target 14 representative sites across 147ha of remnant disturbed Eucalyptus microcarpa, Eucalyptus leucoxylon, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Allocasuarina verticillata grassy woodland on the western foothills of the Mt Lofty Ranges (Waite Conservation Reserve). Waite Conservation Reserve, owned by The University Of Adelaide, is situated in the hills face behind the Waite Institute campus at Urrbrae, Brown Hill Creek and Springfield. The reserve includes two Heritage Agreement areas. HA1249 comprises 21.2 ha and was formerly a Stone Reserve. HA1262 comprises 89.6 ha and incorporates most of the areas known as Hardy Block, Netherby Block and Springfield Block. Ongoing survey work has been carried out . The Waite Conservation Reserve Survey is part of the Biological Survey of South Australia Program which is a series of systematic surveys conducted across the state between 1971 and the present with the broad aim of providing a baseline inventory of South Australia's flora and fauna biodiversity.