Frenchman's Forest Natural Area
Located on East Side of Frenchman's Reserve
From Frenchman's Forest Website:
The natural area contains seven Florida native ecosystems: mesic flatwoods, scrubby flatwoods, wet flatwoods, strand swamp, hydric hammock, mangrove swamp, and a small depression marsh. The tidal pond within the mangrove swamp was created in the 1960s, when soil was removed for use as fill for the construction of adjacent residential developments.
Five thousand red mangrove seedlings were planted around the edge of the pond as part of a wetland restoration project. Nearly 400 trees and palms, including the cabbage palms lining the entrance road, were relocated to the natural area from a site approved for development. The natural area was purchased in 1995. State Preservation 2000 matching funds for the acquisition were provided by the Florida Communities Trust.
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One of the little known benefits to living in Frenchman's Reserve is that it is contiguous to Frenchman's Forest Natural Area. 
