Big & Little George Hammocks County Park
Hammock and preserve in Kendall West, Miami
A protected rockland hammock remnant preserved by Miami-Dade County for native plant conservation.
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What to see
- Undeveloped rockland hammock preserves that protect native forest canopy in the Country Walk / The Hammocks area.
- A closed conservation tract without public trails, accessible primarily through scheduled county volunteer events.
- Mature tropical hardwood canopy featuring gumbo limbo, strangler fig, false mastic, lancewood, and pigeon plum.
- Pitted limestone bedrock and remnant understory vegetation conserved by the Environmentally Endangered Lands program.
Plants you can see here
- Gumbo limbo Bursera simaruba
- Lancewood Ocotea coriacea
- Pigeon plum Coccoloba diversifolia
- Strangler fig Ficus aurea
- False mastic Sideroxylon foetidissimum
- Paradise tree Simarouba glauca
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Tamiami Pinelands Park
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Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve
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Zoo Miami
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Black Creek Linear Park
A canal-side trail lined with palms and subtropical vegetation stretching toward Biscayne Bay.
Larry and Penny Thompson Memorial Park
Rare remnant pine rocklands and historic tropical fruit groves along the Miami Rock Ridge.
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