https://www.wettropics.gov.au/

The Wet Tropics vegetation mapping identifies 250 distinct vegetation communities across the Wet Tropics bioregion based on their structural and floristic characteristics. These are grouped into seven broad vegetation communities.

  • rainforests
  • sclerophyll and sclerophyll rainforest transitions
  • sclerophyll forests and woodlands
  • vegetation complexes and mosaics
  • shrublands and heathlands
  • non-woody vegetation
  • mangroves

Explore the vegetation maps

The Wet Tropics vegetation mapping comprises a series of maps at a scale of 1:50,000. Each map describes vegetation communities, including vegetation structure based on dominant canopy trees, as well as canopy height, macroclimate, topography and geology.

Select a map below to explore the vegetation of the Wet Tropics bioregion.

Helenvale Mount Amos Shiptons Flat Ayton Taylor Creek Adeline Creek Thornton Peak Desaily Mount Spurgeon Mossman Mount Carbine Rumula Macalister Range Mareeba Kuranda Cairns Tolga Tinaroo Gordonvale Atherton Malanda Bartle Frere Cooper Point Ravenshoe Millaa Millaa Mena Creek Innisfail Blunder Creek Tully Falls Tully Clump Point Cashmere Kirrama Bilyana Rockingham Bay Black Burdekin River Mount Graham Cardwell Hillock Point Special Oak Hills Wallaman Falls Ingham Lucinda Palm Islands Special Kangaroo Hills Mount Fox Mount Spec Halifax Bay Paluma Rollingstone Bluewater Ben Lomond Alice River

About the mapping

The Wet Tropics vegetation mapping is not statutory mapping, rather it is a fine scale, localised mapping system developed specifically for the Wet Tropics bioregion. In contrast, Regional Ecosystem (RE) mapping is a broader, standardised statewide framework developed by the Queensland Government, which classifies ecosystems based on geology, landform, and dominant canopy species.

Last updated: 13 Oct 2026