A low-lying forest or woodland area with flat terrain, especially in the southeastern United States where pines grow on sandy soil.
Compound of 'flat' + 'woods,' describing the geographical terrain and vegetation type together, common in place names from the 1700s onward.
Florida's famous 'flatwoods' are actually their own ecosystem—not quite swamp, not quite forest—and they're home to rare species like flatwoods salamanders that live nowhere else.
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