The vegetation and flora of the Wet   Tropics bioregion north of Cape Tribulation has been reported on a regional   scale but detailed accounts have not been published. We report a description   of the vegetation, and floristic reconnaissance, of private and adjacent   reserved land 23 km south-south-east of Cooktown. The study area comprises   about 60 hectares, with low-lying coastal land, steep metasedimentary hills   and a rocky gorge with semi-permanent stream. The area mostly supports   closed-canopy forests; a portion of these have transitioned from eucalypt   forest or woodland to rainforest since the 1970s. We describe eight   vegetation types including four types of rainforest (Evergreen and   Semi-deciduous on slopes, Riparian/Alluvial and Littoral on the coastal flat),   Successional forest, Rocky gorge shrubland, Coastal strand and Mangroves).   Four vegetation types have conservation status under either or both federal   or state legislation; of particular note, Littoral rainforest identified in a   Council trust reserve is a Critically Endangered ecosystem under federal   legislation. The documented flora consists of 294 species, of which 85% are   trees, shrubs or climbers; over 90% are native to the area. The area received   a huge amount of rain following Tropical Cyclone Jasper, with local gauges   recording in excess of 3 m in three days, and we briefly report resultant   vegetation transitions. Vegetation of the area is dynamic at multiple time   scales.