Paluma Range National Park is on the southern most tip of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area (WTWHA). Proclaimed in 1988, the WTWHA extends for about 450km between Cooktown and Townsville, and consists of nearly 900,000ha, which is primarily tropical rainforest.
The WTWHA meets all four natural criteria for World Heritage listing. These criteria recognise the area’s exceptional natural beauty and the importance of its biological diversity and evolutionary history, including habitats for numerous threatened species.
The WTWHA also has cultural significance for Aboriginal people who have traditional links with the area and its surrounds.
Native plants we have recorded at this site are listed below.
Abrophyllum ornans Grossulariaceae
Acacia aulacocarpa Mimosaceae
Acacia longipendunculata Mimosaceae
Acacia rhodoxylon Mimosaceae
Acmena smithii Myrtaceae
Acronychia acidula Rutaceae
Acronychia acronychioides Rutaceae
Allocasuarina torulosa Casuarinaceae
Alpinia arctiflora Zingiberaceae
Alstonia muelleri Apocynaceae
Amyema congener Loranthaceae
Amylotheca subumbellata Loranthaceae
Apodytes brachystylis Icacinaceae
Archirhodomyrtus beckleri Myrtaceae
Balanops australiana Balanopaceae
Banksia aquilonia Proteaceae
Bertya polystigma Euphorbiaceae
Bleasdalea bleasdalei Proteaceae
Boea hygroscopia Gesneriaceae
Bulbophyllum macpersonii Orchidaceae
Calamus moti Arecaceae
Cassina subtropica Asteraceae
Citronella smythii Icacinaceae
Claoxylon tenerifolium Euphorbiaceae
Clematis pickeringii Ranunculaceae
Commersonia bartramia Sterculiaceae
Corymbia clarksoniana Myrtaceae
Corymbia intermedia Myrtaceae
Croton triacros Euphorbiaceae
Cryptocarya corrugata Lauraceae
Cyathea cooperi Cyathaceae
Cyathea rebeccae Cyathaceae
Darlingia darlingiana Proteaceae
Dendrobium gracicaule Orchidaceae
Dendrobium jonesii Orchidaceae
Denhamia celastroides Celastraceae
Dianella bambusifolia Liliaceae
Dodonaea lanceolata Sapindaceae
Elaeocarpus largiflorens Elaeocarpaceae
Elaeocarpus ruminatus Elaeocarpaceae
Elaeodendron australe Celastraceae
Eleagnus triflora Eleagnaceae
Embelia australiana Myrsinaceae
Emmenosperma cunninghamii Rhamnaceae
Eucalyptus grandis Myrtaceae
Eucalyptus resinifera Myrtaceae
Eupomatia laurina Eupomatiaceae
Fagraea fagraecea Loganiaceae
Ficus leptoclada Moraceae
Ficus variegata Moraceae
Flindersia pimenteliana Rutaceae
Freycinetia excelsa Pandanaceae
Gahnia aspera Cyperaceae
Glochidion hylandii Euphorbiaceae
Gossia shepherdii Myrtaceae
Guioa acutifolia Sapindaceae
Guioa montana Sapindaceae
Halfordia kendack Rutaceae
Hibbertia scandens Dilleniaceae
Homolanthus nutans Euphorbiaceae
Hypserpa decumbens Menispermiaceae
Hypserpa laurina Menispermiaceae
Imperata cylindrica Poaceae
Levieria acuminata Monimaceae
Macaranga mallatoides Euphorbiaceae
Macaranga subdentata Euphorbiaceae
Maesa dependens Maesaceae
Melastomataceae
Melicope broadbentiana Rutaceae
Melicope vitiflora Rutaceae
Melodinus australis Apocynaceae
Mischocarpus lachnocarpus Sapindaceae
Neolitsea dealbata Lauraceae
Niemyera prunifera Sapotaceae
Oberonia titania Orchidaceae
Palmeria scandens Monimaceae
Pararistolochia deltantha Aristolochiaceae
Phebalium squamulosum Rutaceae
Planchonella chartacea Sapotaceae
Pseudovanilla foliatum Orchidaceae
Pteridium esculentum Dennstaedtiaceae
Rhodomyrtus trineura Myrtaceae
Ripogonum album Ripogonaceae
Rubus mollucanus var. mollucanus Rosaceae
Rubus probus Rosaceae
Sloanea macbrydei Elaeocarpaceae
Sticherus flabellatus Gleicheniaceae
Streblus glaber Moraceae
Symplocos cochinchinensis var. gittonsii Symplocaceae
Syncarpia glomulifera Myrtaceae
Synima cordieranum Sapindaceae
Synoum glandulosum ver. paniculatum Meliaceae
Syzygium papyraceum Myrtaceae
Syzygium wilsonii Myrtaceae
Trema tomentosa Ulmaceae
Waterhousia unipunctata Myrtaceae
Xanthophyllum octandrum Xanthophyllaceae