Region: Northern Palm Beach County
Size: 138 acres
Hours: Daily from sunrise to sunset
Location:
The natural area is located just south of the C-18 Canal in the northwest corner of the Palm Beach Country Estates residential community, north of 159th Court North and west of 79th Terrace North.
Public Use Facilities:
None at present; hiking, photography, wildlife viewing, and other passive recreation activities are allowed on the site, but there are no parking facilities or designated hiking trails.
Site Information:
The natural area contains a mosaic of mesic flatwoods, hydric hammock, and freshwater wetland communities such as wet prairie, depression marsh, and dome swamp. It was donated to Palm Beach County by Watermark Communities, Inc., in March 2000. It is part of the Northeast Everglades Natural Area. The natural area is managed by Palm Beach County.
Plants:
Camphorweed, pinebarren goldenrod, slash pine, needleleaf witchgrass, and pineland daisy are present in the mesic flatwoods; red maple, pond apple, dahoon, common buttonbush, Jamaica swamp sawgrass, and pond cypress are typical plants in the wetland communities.
Wildlife:
The natural area provides feeding and roosting habitat for wading birds such as white ibis, tricolored heron, snowy egret, and little blue heron. Other wildlife species observed on the site include red-shouldered hawk, bobcat, oak toad, and orange-barred sulphur and zebra butterflies.
Links:
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