flatwoods

[ flat-woodz ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. a woodland in a low-lying region having little drainage.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flatwoods¹

1835–45, Americanism; flat ¹ + woods “forest”

Example Sentences

From the Mothman, Wampus Cat, and Raven Mocker to the Grafton and Flatwoods Monsters, the Appalachians are teeming with supernatural creatures.

From National Geographic

The endangered list grew to include little-known creatures - from the frosted flatwoods salamander to the tooth cave spider - and nearly 1,000 plants.

From Washington Times

A team searching under dense vegetation in the pine flatwoods of the Everglades late last year came upon a slithering sight, the likes of which no one had found before in those parts: 215 pounds of snake.

From New York Times

In another case, the census lists no people living in the Flatwoods Conservation Park outside Tampa, even though it says there is a home occupied by people.

From Seattle Times

As we ambled across the sanctuary’s 2.5-mile-long boardwalk through pine flatwoods, marshes and into the largest old-growth bald cypress forest in North America, we heard plenty of birds overhead in the wild, soaring cypress trees.

From New York Times