TIPPECANOE ENVIRONMENTAL PARK II

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: You may not be able to see all these species

Birds that you may encounter year-round include:

 Blue Jay  Bobwhite Quail  Cardinal
 Catbird  Downy Woodpecker  Flicker
 Florida Scrub-Jay  Ground Dove  Hairy Woodpecker
 Loggerhead Shrike  Mourning Dove  Northern Mockingbird
 Pileated Woodpecker  Red-bellied Woodpecker  Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-shouldered Hawk  Rufous-sided Towhee  White-eyed Vireo

 
 
Migrants that you may see:

 American Kestrel  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  Eastern Phoebee
 Palm Warbler  Red-tailed Hawk  Robin
 Tree Swallow  Yellow-rumped Warbler

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:

 Bobcat  Eastern Mole  Hispid Cotton Rat
 Nine-banded Armadillo  Raccoon   Virginia Opossum
 Rabbit (probably Cottontail)

 
 
Documented Herps:

 Black Racer  Brown Anole  Gopher Tortoise