The Fern Forest Nature Center in Coconut Creek, FL is a vast 250-acre preserve and urban wilderness area that features deeply shaded forest and lush tropical jungle-like habitats that are home to a variety of fauna and flora, including over 30 types of ferns and other native plants.

Established in 1979 around the original floodplain of Cypress Creek, the Fern Forest Nature Center protects habitats that have almost vanished due to overdevelopment.

The center can be explored on four easy hikes along a wooden boardwalk that winds through the different habitats from lush wetlands and swamps, along Cypress Creek, through a maple forest, and past a butterfly garden.

Fern Forest Nature Center, 201 S Lyons Rd, Coconut Creek, FL 33063, Phone: 954-357-5198

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