The park contains eucalyptus woodlands, sheltered pockets of sub-tropical rainforest, a number of crevasses and views of Moreton Bay and the Glass House Mountains.

Woodlands and dry eucalypt forests predominate on the drier, shallower soils of the park's foothills.

[4] Moist sub-tropical rainforest grows on the highest parts of the range where the rainfall is two-thirds greater than in the foothills, particularly on the rich basaltic soils north of Mt Glorious.

[4] More than 240 species of birds have been recorded in the park, including the noisy pitta (Pitta versicolor), southern logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii), paradise riflebird (Ptiloris paradiseus), regent bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus), satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus), brush-turkey (Alectura lathami), laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae), pied currawong (Strepera graculina), red goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus), marbled frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus), bush-hen (Amaurornis olivacea), black-breasted button quail (Turnix melanogaster), white-bellied sea eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster), comb-crested jacana (Irediparra gallinacea) and cotton pygmy goose (Nettapus coromandelianus).

[4] 66 mammal species have been recorded in the park, including the echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), red-necked pademelon (Thylogale thetis), short-eared possum (Trichosurus caninus), common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus), northern brown bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus), long-nosed bandicoot (Perameles nasuta), Long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus), insectivorous bats, fruit bats ("flying foxes") (Pteropus spp.