A successful technique for germinating white beech is to collect new purple fruit. The district takes its current name from the White Beech trees in the area. Locally rare species include white beech and Bangalow palm. White beech is rare and endangered in the Illawarra region. Gmelina leichhardtii, the white beech, is a tropical forest tree of eastern Australia. The White beech had dense populations in Caloundra before European settlement. Other trees species in the park include white beech and silky oaks. White beech may occasionally be seen in Australian rainforests, though their status is considered "uncommon".