Trees are the key structural components to rainforests. There are hundreds of species which all contribute the the amazing diversity of habitats and climate that makes rainforests the most diverse terrestrial ecosystem on our planet.
Most rainforest trees are frustratingly difficult for the casual observer, and even well-motivated natural history buffs to identify. Often key characters such as leaves, flowers and fruit are far to high in the canopy to be easily examined for small details that are crucial for identification. Never theless there are some that can be readily identified from bark, trunk or root characteristics, or from their dropped fruit during the (often sadly short) fruiting season.
The photo-gallery below shows a selection of fairly easily identified trees.
We have a growing list of featured rainforest trees from our blog pages that are listed below.
- Rainforest Trees: Castanospermum australe
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, December 2021 – Native Hydrangea
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, November 2021 – Messmate (Eucalyptus cloeziana)
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, October 2021 – Buff Alder
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, September 2021 – Hickory Boxwood
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, August 2021 – Yellowheart
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, July 2021 – Yellow Pittosporum
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, June 2021 – Turpentine (Syncarpia glomulifera)
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, May 2021 – Umbrella Tree
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- Rainforest Tree of the Month, April 2021 – Fuzzy Lemon Aspen
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, March 2021 – Dalrymple Beech (Gmelina dalrympleana)
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, February 2021 – Syzygium australe
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, January 2021 – Atherton Fig
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, December 2020 – Black Pine
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, November 2020 – Washing-board Tree
- What’s been flowering in the forest?
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, October 2020 – Syzygium wilsonii
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, September 2020 – Strangler Figs
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, August 2020 – Rodomyrtus pervagata
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, July 2020 – Davidson’s Plum
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, June 2020 – Flindersia species
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, May 2020 – Eucalyptus grandis
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, March 2020 – Cardwellia sublimis
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, February, 2020 -Buckinghamia celsissima
- Summer Fruit Platters – Paluma style
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, July 2019 – Brown Silky Oak
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, June 2019 – McIntyre’s Boxwood
- Rainforest Tree of the Month – May 2019 – Native Gardenia
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, February 2019 – White Bollygum
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, January 2019 – Quandong
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, December 2018 – Glochidion hylandii
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, November 2018 – Sloanea australis
- What’s Flowering In Paluma, Late October – Tree Waratah and Snow In Summer
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, October 2018 – Alphitonia petriei
- Rainforest Tree of the Month, September 2018 – Tropical Bleeding Heart
- Rainforest Tree of the Month – August 2018 Gympi Gympi (Stinging Tree)
- Rainforest Tree of the Month – July 2018 Paperbark Satinash
- Rainforest Tree of the Month (June 2018): White Hazelwood
- Rainforest Tree of the Month (May 2018): Python Tree