Dharawal is the name given to the local native palm or cabbage tree. Several slaughter houses operated along Little Cabbage Tree Creek. Other materials are sometimes used, including the leaves of the nikau palm and cabbage tree. Natural and planted groves of the cabbage tree were harvested. Deagon has a flat topography with one of its boundaries being Cabbage Tree Creek. Shelly Beach is part of the no take Cabbage Tree Bay Aquatic Reserve. Cabbage tree leaves contain oils which make them burn readily. The northern slopes are drained by Cabbage Tree Creek. Shelly Beach is a protected marine reserve since it is part of Cabbage Tree Bay. The larva of the cabbage tree emperor moth "Bunaea alcinoe" causes defoliation of the tree. Palm Beach was later named after the Cabbage Tree palms "livistona australis". By 1862, there were sixteen properties along what was then Cabbage Tree Swamp Road. Cabbage tree mobs are recognised as a predecessor of the larrikin. The Mountain cabbage tree is not regarded as threatened. Cabbage tree palms were once plentiful in the area.