An inventory on non-wood taxa in Compartment 12 of the Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve recorded four species of bamboo and seven species of palms. The bamboo species are Bambusa vulgaris, Gigantochloa scortechinii, Schizostachyum zollingeri and Bambusa heterostachya. The palms species are Eugeissonia tristis, Oncosperma horridum, Oncosperma tigillarium, Arenga obtusifolia, Livistona rotundifolia, Licuala glabra and Salacca zalacca. This forest is considerably rich in palms but poor with bamboos.