- Listed as an Area of Significant Conservation Value in the Dunedin City District Plan. Described as a swamp/lake with restiad bog and tussockland, rush and sedge swamp, and of regional and national significance. 28
- Presence of freshwater crayfish (Paranephrops zealandicus) in the Loganburn Reservoir. 29
- The presence of Sphagnum porina (Heloxycanus patricki), a moth classified as in 'gradual decline', has been recorded. 30, 31
- Hemiandrus 'Rocklands', a small ground weta, has been recorded at Great Moss Swamp. 32
- Located within Te Papanui Conservation Park.
- Composition of Sphagnum sp., Carex sp. and red tussock (Chionochloa rubra). 2
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