It protects one of the last remnants of cerrado in the São Paulo metropolitan region, as well as areas of Atlantic Forest.

[1] The park is named after a common plant found on the banks of the rivers of the region, called yu-kery by the indigenous people, who extracted salt from it to season their food.

[2] The area was a ranch, Fazenda Juquery, when it was acquired in 1895 by São Paulo state, under the direction of governor José Alves de Cerqueira César.

[1] In 1989 the architectural complex, the collection of documents and the green area of the Fazenda Juquery were registered by the Council for Protection of the Historical, Archaeological, Artistic and Tourist Heritage of the State of São Paulo (CONDEPHAAT).

[1] The park is threatened by wildfires and invasion by exotic species such as North American pines and Mexican agaves.