Represents a relatively undisturbed area of mature stringybark forest and the large trees provide a breeding habitat for the spectacular but poorly studied Calyptorhynchus funereus (yellow tailed black cockatoo).

Petroica phoenicea (flame robin) which is uncommon in South Australia … and Zoothera dauma (scaly thrush) which is threatened due to destruction of its habitat.

Both occur in the park… Situated in a high rainfall area (1,000mm per annum) Spring Mount Conservation Park consists of an undulating ironstone plateau with one or two small but quite steep valleys.

The vegetation is an open forest of Eucalyptus obliqua and E. baxteri with a mid-dense understorey comprising a great variety of sclerophyllous shrubs.

The conservation park is categorised as an IUCN Category III protected area[1] In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.