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Description: Tippecanoe Environmental Park II is a 150 acre mitigation preserve consisting of oak scrub, scrubby flatwoods, pine flatwoods adjacent to a canal. Tippecanoe II is home to Florida Scrub Jays as well woodpeckers and other flatwoods bird species.

Vegetation Communities: Scrub, scrubby flatwoods, and pine flatwoods

Location: The park is bordered by Flamingo Blvd. on the east and by Como Street to the south and Carbon Avenue to the north.

The parking area is on Joppa Ave. From Route 776, turn onto Flamingo Blvd and then turn right onto Joppa Ave.

Amenities: Paved parking area; hiking trail; no restroon or picnic facilities.

Animal Species: We are still building an inventory, but here is the beginning:

Birds that you will likely encounter year-round include:

In the fall and winter you will also likely see:

Wading birds such as wood storks, great egrets and great blue herons can be found just outside the boundary in an isolated wetland between the Pear Street and the canal.

Documented Mammals:

Documented Reptiles:

Documented Amphibians: