Daintree rainforest - wikipedia Daintree rainforest Daintree Rainforest Coordinates : 16 ° 12 ′ S 145 ° 24 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 16.2 ° S 145.4 ° E ﻿ / - 16.2 ; 145.4 The Daintree Rainforest ( strictly a tropical seasonal forest ), is a region located on the north east coast of Queensland, Australia, north of Mossman and Cairns. At around 1,200 square kilometres ( 460 sq mi ), the Daintree is the largest continuous area of tropical rainforest on the Australian continent. Along the coastline north of the Daintree River, tropical forest grows right down to the edge of the sea. In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, the Daintree Rainforest was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as a `` Natural attraction ''. Contents 1 About Daintree Rainforest 2 Daintree Rainforest 3 Exploring 4 Daintree Important Bird Area 5 See also 6 References 7 External links About Daintree rainforest Daintree Rainforest The rainforest is named after Richard Daintree, an Australian geologist and photographer ( 1832 - 1878 ). The area includes the Daintree National Park, some areas of State Forest, and some privately owned land, including a residential community of upwards of 5 people. Some of the privately owned land north of the Peninsula Range is being progressively purchased for conservation purposes under a $15 million government scheme involving equal contributions from the municipal ( Cairns Regional Council ), which includes the former Douglas Shire council ), State ( Queensland ) and Australian Federal governments. As of May 2011, 72 % of the properties earmarked for buyback or compensation had been secured. These ' buyback ' areas of tropical rainforest included 215 blocks of land purchased by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, and 13 purchased by private conservation agencies. The Daintree Rainforest contains 30 % of the frog, reptile and marsupial species in Australia, and 90 % of Australia 's bat and butterfly species. 7 % of bird species in the country can be found in this area. There are also over 12,000 species of insects in the rainforest. All of this diversity is contained within an area that takes up 0.1 % of the landmass of Australia. Part of the forest is protected by the Daintree National Park and drained by the Daintree River. The roads north of the river wind through areas of lush forest, and have been designed to minimize impacts on this ancient ecosystem. Daintree rainforest The Daintree Rainforest The tropical rainforest ecosystem of the Daintree Rainforest is one of the most complex on Earth. Its plant diversity and structural complexity is unrivalled on the Australian continent and represents the origins of other Australian flora. Millions of years ago, the Australian continent was warm and humid and rainfall was plentiful. During this time rainforest thrived in places such as the Uluru ( Ayers Rock ) region. As Australia became more arid, there were fewer and fewer places rainforests were able to survive. In the Daintree region, however the climate and topography were ideal, so the area became a last remaining refuge for rainforest. Within this refuge many species were able to live comfortably without reason to change. Their descendants that are still living today retained many of their ancestors ' primitive characteristics, some dating back 110 million years. One species in particular, Idiospermum australiense, commonly known as the idiot fruit, is one of the rarest and most primitive of the flowering plants. Its discovery in 1970 was arguably Australia 's most significant botanical find, greatly increasing scientists awareness of just how ancient these forests really are. From a total of 19 primitive flowering plant families on Earth, 12 families are represented in the Daintree region making the highest concentration of these plants worldwide. These ancient plant families may well hold the secret to a number of unanswered questions regarding the origins of the flowering plants -- plants on which the human race depends for food and medicines. Exploring Camping at Daintree National Park 2009 There is outstanding coastal scenery that combines tropical rainforest, white sandy beaches and fringing reefs just offshore. This is an extremely rare combination. To the west of Cape Tribulation stands Mt Pieter Botte with its massive granite outcrops. The summit providing expansive vistas of undisturbed forest and to the south the skyline is dominated by the giant granite boulders of Thornton Peak -- one of Queensland 's highest mountains. Much of the Daintree Rainforest is part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site, being listed by UNESCO in 2015 in recognition of its universal natural values highlighted by the rainforest. Amongst the attributes provided as evidence for the World Heritage value of the Wet Tropics, which include the Daintree Rainforest, the Australian Government lists the following : They preserve major stages of the earth 's evolutionary history - ancient plants representing some of the earliest land plants, the Psilotopsida ( whisk ferns ) and the Lycopsida ( club mosses or tassel ferns ) ; 7 ancient families of true ferns, including the Marattiaceae ( giant or king ferns ), Osmundaceae ( royal ferns ), Schizaeaceae ( comb ferns ) and Gleicheniaceae ( coral ferns ) ; fern genera of East Gondwanan origins, including Polystichum ( shield ferns ), Leptopteris, Todea, Tmesipteris ( fork ferns ), Lycopodiella and Huperzia ( club mosses and tassel ferns ) ; the ancient, fern - like cycad Bowenia spectabilis ( zamia fern ) and other cycads including Cycas, and the giant Lepidozamia hopei ( zamia palm ) ; ancient conifers such as Podocarpus ( plum pine or brown pine ), Prumnopitys ( brown pine or southern yew ), Araucaria ( hoop and bunya pines ), and Agathis ( kauri ) which are living counterparts of Jurassic - age fossils ( i.e., age of the dinosaurs ) ; 12 primitive angiosperm ( flowering plant ) families, including small, primitive, relict angiosperm families such as Austrobaileyaceae, Idiospermaceae, Eupomatiaceae and Himantandraceae ; relict angiosperm plant families that are known as fossils from the Cretaceous ( last age of the dinosaurs ) including Cunoniaceae, Proteaceae ( banksia and macadamia family ), Winteraceae, Myrtaceae ( eucalypt and lilly pilly ), Monimiaceae, Rutaceae, Sapindaceae, Aquifoliaceae ( holly family ), Chloranthaceae, Trimeniaceae, Epacridaceae ( heath family ), Olacaceae and families of angiosperms to represent the longest continuous history associated with the Gondwanan landmass. The Daintree Rainforest straddles Cape Tribulation. They preserve unique, rare or superlative natural phenomena, formations or features of exceptional natural beauty -- exceptional coastal scenery unusual in the world ( and Australia ) where tropical rainforest extends to white sandy beaches with fringing coral reefs just offshore ; rugged mountain peaks and gorges with swiftly flowing rivers and spectacular waterfalls ( e.g., Thornton Peak, Mossman Gorge, Roaring Meg Falls ) ; extensive vistas of undisturbed forest and valleys. The Daintree rainforest contains important and significant habitats for conservation of biological diversity. Approximately 430 species of birds live among the trees. The primitive flowering plants Austrobaileya scandens and Idiospermum australiense are also endemic to the Daintree. The Daintree Region is home to a number of rare and endangered species, including the southern cassowary ( Casuarius casuarius ) and Bennett 's tree - kangaroo ( Dendrolagus bennettianus ). Daintree important Bird area The Daintree Important Bird Area ( IBA ) is a 2656 km tract of land that largely coincides with the northernmost part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site. It encompasses, or overlaps, the Black Mountain, Cedar Bay, Daintree, Mount Windsor and Mowbray National Parks. It has been identified as an IBA by BirdLife International because it supports a population of southern cassowaries. It also contains populations of the locally endemic tooth - billed and golden bowerbirds, lovely fairywrens, Macleay 's, bridled, yellow - spotted and white - streaked honeyeaters, fernwrens, Atherton scrubwrens, mountain thornbills, chowchillas, Bower 's shrike - thrushes, pied monarchs, Victoria 's riflebirds and pale - yellow robins. See also Queensland portal Cape York Peninsula Forests of Australia Queensland tropical rain forests References Jump up ^ Daintree Discovery Centre. About The Daintree : `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2014 - 04 - 13. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 29. Jump up ^ Russell, Rupert ( 1985 ) ' Where the Rainforest Meets the Reef - Our Last Paradise at Risk ', Published by Kevin Weldon & Australian Conservation Foundation ; 1st edition Jump up ^ Bligh, Anna ( 10 June 2009 ). `` PREMIER UNVEILS QUEENSLAND 'S 150 ICONS ''. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017. Jump up ^ Daintree buyback. Cairns Regional Council. `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2011 - 04 - 22. Retrieved 2011 - 05 - 16. Jump up ^ Rainforest Rescue. Daintree Buy Back & Protect Forever project. `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2011 - 07 - 25. Retrieved 2011 - 05 - 16. ^ Jump up to : Daintree Discovery Centre. So What 's so special about the Daintree ? : `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2014 - 04 - 13. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 29. Jump up ^ Tisdell, C. and Wilson, C. World heritage listings of Australian natural sites : tourism stimulus and its economic value. Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol 32 ( 2 ). Jump up ^ UNESCO Wet Tropics of Queensland : http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/486 Jump up ^ Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage : http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/world/wet-tropics/index.html Jump up ^ BirdLife International. ( 2011 ). Important Bird Areas factsheet : Daintree. Downloaded from `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2007 - 07 - 10. Retrieved 2013 - 05 - 04. on 2011 - 12 - 17. Jump up ^ `` IBA : Daintree ''. Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 2011 - 07 - 06. Retrieved 2011 - 12 - 17. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Daintree National Park. Daintree Visitors Guide Visitor information about the Daintree Summary of the Daintree Rainforest Bugs & Butterflies of The Daintree ( 1 ) Far North Queensland, Queensland Cities : Cairns Townships : Aurukun Babinda Bamaga Cooktown Hope Vale Innisfail Kuranda Lockhart River Malanda Mapoon Mareeba Millaa Millaa Pormpuraaw Port Douglas Thursday Island Weipa Wujal Wujal Local Government Areas : Aurukun Cairns Cassowary Coast Cook Hope Vale Kowanyama Lockhart River Mapoon Napranum Northern Peninsula Area Pormpuraaw Tablelands Torres Torres Strait Island Weipa Wujal Wujal Yarrabah National Parks : Alwal Annan River Barnard Island Group Barron Gorge Black Mountain Blackbraes Bulleringa Cape Melville Cedar Bay Chillagoe - Mungana Claremont Isles Clump Mountain Crater Lakes Daintree Danbulla Davies Creek Denham Group Edmund Kennedy Ella Bay Endeavour River Eubenangee Swamp Family Islands Fitzroy Island Flinders Group Frankland Group Forbes Islands Forty Mile Scrub Great Basalt Wall Green Island Grey Peaks Girringun Goold Island Hann Tableland Hasties Swamp Hinchinbrook Island Hope Islands Howick Group Hull River Japoon Jardine River Kirrama Kuranda Kurrimine Beach Kutini - Payamu ( Iron Range ) Lakefield Lama Lama Lizard Island Ma'alpiku Island Macalister Range Malaan Maria Creek Marpa Michaelmas and Upolu Cays Millstream Falls Mitchell - Alice Rivers Moresby Range Mount Cook Mount Hypipamee Mount Lewis Mount Spurgeon Mount Webb Mount Windsor Mowbray Murray Falls, Girramay Nymph Island Oyala Thumotang Palmerston Rocks Piper Islands Possession Island Precipice Quoin Island Raine Island Rocky Islets Russell River Sandbanks Saunders Islands Sir Charles Hardy Group Staaten River Starcke Three Islands Topaz Road Tully Gorge Turtle Group Two Islands Undara Volcanic Wooroonooran Yungaburra Places of Interest : Atherton Tableland Barron Falls Cape Tribulation Daintree Rainforest Hinchinbrook Island Mount Bartle Frere Princess Charlotte Bay Torres Strait Islands Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daintree_Rainforest&oldid=826104860 '' Categories : Landforms of Far North Queensland Forests of Queensland Tropical rainforests of Australia Important Bird Areas of Queensland Tourist attractions in Far North Queensland Hidden categories : Coordinates not on Wikidata All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from July 2013 Articles with unsourced statements from April 2016 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Esperanto Français Simple English Edit links This page was last edited on 17 February 2018, at 06 : 11. 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Question: where is the daintree rainforest located in australia
Answer: north east coast of Queensland, Australia, north of Mossman and Cairns