Hammocks (Woodlands)
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Name (Latin)
Hammocks (Woodlands)
Other forms of name
Hummocks (Woodlands)
See Also From tracing topical name
Forests and forestry
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q3126543
Library of congress:
sh2007006831
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 88024009: Wallace, D.R. Bulow Hammock : mind in a forest, 1988:p. 1 ("Hammocks are woodlands (the name refers to hardwood groves that punctuate the more open marshes and pine woods of Florida, and may derive from Indian words for 'shady place,' 'garden place,' or 'floating plants')")
- Web. 3(hammock: hummock; fertile area in southern U.S. that is often somewhat higher than its surroundings and is characterized by hardwood vegetation and soil of greater depth and containing more humus than that of the flatwoods or pinelands)
- Am. heritage dict.(hummock: also hammock: a tract of forested land that rises above an adjacent marsh in southern U.S.)
- Gloss. of geol., 2005(hammock: a term applied in the SE U.S. to a fertile area of deep, humus-rich soil, generally covered by hardwood vegetation and often rising slightly above a plain or swamp. syn.: hummock; 5 definitions provided for hummock)