pocosin

or po·co·son, po·co·sen

[ puh-koh-suhn, poh-kuh-suhn ]

noun

, Southeastern U.S.

1. a swamp or marsh in an upland coastal region.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pocosin¹

An Americanism dating back to 1625–35; probably < an unattested form in a southern Eastern Algonquian language

Example Sentences

Using data from nearly 20 years of long-term monitoring and research at Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge and adjacent peatland sites in coastal North Carolina, the paper calculates in comprehensive detail how much CO2 can be stored in a pocosin peatland and how much CO2 and methane might be released back into the atmosphere under different management regimes and with different water levels.

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"Southern pocosin peatlands punch far above their weight in terms of their capacity for carbon storage," Richardson said.

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"Our research shows that, acre for acre, an intact or restored pocosin can store significantly more carbon than forests or grasslands and retain up to 10 or even 15 times more than farm fields. The flip side of that is that a disturbed or drained pocosin can emit vast amounts of greenhouse gases back into the atmosphere, especially during intense wildfires or prolonged droughts."

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The southeastern U.S. coastal plain was originally home to more than 2.4 million acres of evergreen shrub bogs, locally known as pocosin peatlands, he said, but more than 70% of them have been drained for agriculture and forestry over the years.

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Rather than let them sit fallow, they could be rewetted and restored as pocosin peatlands, generating economic benefits for their owners in the form of carbon credits that can be sold on the international carbon market.

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