Discover our Tree Trail

Burdekin Plum Pleiogynium timorense A medium-sized tree with a dense canopy in the open, occurs in rainforests from Maryborough to north Queensland and Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and the Pacific islands. The bark is dark brown, slightly scaly with glossy dark green leaves comprising 3 to 11 egg-shaped leaflets. The Burdekin Plum [...]

Davidson's Plum Davidsonia pruriens This tall tropical rainforest tree, growing in north Queensland, is best known for its sour but edible burgundy-coloured fruit. Resembling the European Plum, this fleshy fruit is used for jam and sauces. In the rainforest, this slender tree has a restricted canopy, but may be more spreading when grown [...]

Queensland Kauri Pine Agathis robusta This large, stately conifer tree is found in the rainforests of two small areas of coastal Australia, Fraser Island and adjacent coast, and far north Queensland. The Queensland Kauri is recognised by its straight trunk, smooth grey bark and a dense crown of flat green leaves, tapering at [...]

Bull Kauri Agathis microstachya This large, stately conifer tree occurs naturally only in the rainforests of the Atherton Tableland in far north Queensland. It is distinguished from the Queensland Kauri by its coarse flaky brown to grey-brown bark, shorter leaves and smaller male and female cones. It is rarely seen outside its natural [...]

Snow-in-Summer Melaleuca linariifolia This small tree is commonly found in swamps and watercourses in coastal heath and dry forests from south-east Queensland to southern New South Wales. The crown can be covered by fluffy clusters of white or creamy white flowers for a short period between October and February. The trunk is short, [...]

Swamp Oak Casuarina glauca This small to medium-sized tree is found on alluvial, saline or acidic soils along estuaries, often near brackish water, from central Queensland to southern New South Wales. The Swamp Oak has distinctive coarse branchlets, similar in appearance to pine needles. The trees will often form dense clumps thanks to [...]

Blackbean Castanopsermum australe A medium-sized to large tree found near beaches, coastal streams and in rainforests between central New South Wales and north Queensland. The seeds, about the size of chestnuts and growing in large green pods, are poisonous in their natural state. However, after extensive preparation, the seeds were a valuable food [...]

Hoop Pine Araucaria cunninghamii This large conifer tree grows in dry rainforests of northern New South Wales to north Queensland and on mountains in Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya. It is recognised by its very straight trunk, horizontally banded and scaly bark and separated layers (whorls) of branches that end in [...]

Coolamon Syzgyium moorei This rare sub-tropical rainforest tree grows in the volcanic soils of north-eastern New South Wales and south-east Queensland. For a New South Wales Myrtle, the tree is unusual in having large 8 to 20 cm long, thick-paired leaves. Stems are straight, up to 60 cm in diameter, with grey, brown [...]

Lacebark Brachychiton discolor This medium-sized tree is from the dry rainforests between central New South Wales and the central Queensland coast. It is admired for its straight, grey and greenish trunk and spectacular flowers. It is distinguished from the Flame Tree by its light green leaves, with their distinctly shaped points. The leaves, [...]

 Brown Pine Podocarpus elatus This large, fast-growing conifer occurs in dense rainforests from southern New South Wales to eastern Queensland and also on Cape York Peninsula. It is distinguished by the brown, fibrous-fissured bark and the dense crown of narrow sharp-pointed leaves. The leaves are 5 to 15cm long, dark green above and lighter [...]