back to conservation lands outreach lyoniapreserve.com Lyonia Preserve 2150 Eustace Ave. Deltona 32725 Printable brochure [PDF] Description Lyonia Preserve is a 360-acre joint project of Volusia County Land Acquisition and Management and the Volusia County School Board to restore and maintain scrub habitat. Since 1994, restoration efforts have removed overgrown sand pines and opened up the understory creating the characteristic bare sand areas with low-growing vegetation preferred by scrub species.

Since restoration, many families of the federally threatened Florida scrub jay live on the preserve and the diversity of scrub plants has increased. Three trails travers through one of the most endangered ecosystems in the United States – Florida scrub. Scrub habitat exists on porous, infertile sand which extended out of the sea as island dunes approximately two million years ago when Florida’s peninsula was covered by ocean.

These ancient islands are home to a unique community of plants and animals that have adapted for survival in this hot, dry habitat. Lyonia Preserve is only a fragment of the surrounding area in Deltona which contains the characteristic low-growing, desert-like flora and fauna of scrub. However, much of the scrub land remaining in Deltona has been developed or is overgrown with sand pines and unsuitable for scrub species. Rules Open from sunrise to sunset. Use trails at your own risk. Security is not provided. Access is allowed only at designated points. Motor vehicles are prohibited. Please respect other users of this property. Please dispose of trash in the provided receptacles. If no receptacles are provided please pack out trash. No pets are allowed. Firearms and similar equipment are prohibited. Vegetation, animals, cultural resources, and facilities are protected. Do not remove, destroy, deface, mutilate, or harass these resources. Fireworks are prohibited. Public access to this property, or portions thereof, may be restricted or prohibited.Volusia County conservation lands are managed using a program of professionally accepted principles of resource and ecosystem management for the benefit of, and enjoyment by, present and future generations. Volusia County conservation lands are managed using a program of professionally accepted principles of resource and ecosystem management for the benefit of, and enjoyment by, present and future generations. If you’d like to learn more about natural Florida group tours, educational programs, and group volunteer opportunities on this and other Volusia County conservation land, please contact Volusia County Land Acquisition and Management: (386) 740-5261 West Volusia (386) 248-8161 Daytona Beach (386) 424-6834 New Smyrna Beach schedule of events and opportunities back to Conservation Lands Outreach   Comments or questions? E-mail the