Where is it?: Muloowurtie Conservation Reserve is 4km WNW of Pine Point, Yorke Peninsula at the junction of Pine Point Road and the Yorke Highway.
Property summary: Total area 30 hectares. Hundred of Muloowurtie – Section 2021.
Owner: Crown Land managed by the District Council of Yorke Peninsula.
Landscape Management Region: Northern and Yorke
History: Playfair (1994) recommended that “Convert this Section into a reserve under Council or National Parks and Wildlife Service control, or protect it through a Heritage Agreement”2.
On 7 March 1996 this Crown Land was proclaimed as a Conservation Reserve under the care, control and management of the District Council of Central Yorke Peninsula 3.
Habitat: The vegetation of Muloowurtie Conservation Reserve is mostly Open Mallee dominated by Green-leaf Mallee (Eucalyptus phenax), (E. leptophylla) and Gilja (E. brachycalyx) over Mallee Honey-myrtle (Melaleuca acuminata) and Broombush (Melaleuca uncinata). Understorey plants include Pink Velvet-bush (Lasiopetalum behrii), Resin Wattle (Acacia rhetinocarpa), a nationally threatened species 3.
More information: SA Veg. on the Edge
Total Species Recorded to Date: 48 (non-passerines 18, passerines 28)
Common Species: Brown Currawong, Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Australian Magpie, Grey Shrikethrush, Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Less Common Species: White-browed Babbler, Black-shouldered Kite, Spotted Pardalote, Willie Wagtail, Dusky Woodswallow
References:
1 Community Land Register. Schedule 1 – Reserves. (2011?). Yorke Peninsula Council. [Maitland, South Australia].
2 Playfair, R. (1994). 12. Crown Scrub. Central Yorke Peninsula Conservation Areas Study. [Adelaide, South Australia]. pp. 56, 58.
3 Crown Lands Act, 1929: Section 5. The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. 35: 1469. (7 March 1996)
Updated: 26/07/2021