Hattie Bauer Hammock Preserve

Hammock and preserve in Homestead, Miami

A historic tropical hardwood hammock harboring rare solution-hole ferns and pioneer-era stone ruins.

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Limestone solution holes providing humid microclimates for the federally endangered Florida bristle fern.
A dense tropical hardwood hammock canopy of mature live oaks, gumbo limbos, and lancewoods.
Shaded nature trails winding through the former Orchid Jungle grounds amid native flora.
Historic coral rock ruins being reclaimed by tropical ferns, lichens, and mosses.

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