Definition of "flatwoods" [flatwoods]

• A local name in Ohio for valleys formerly occupied by rivers but now flats and covered with woods.
• In Alabama, especially in the Coosa valley, a type of land consisting of an impervious clay derived from the Cambrian shales, supporting a dense growth of dwarf oaks, pines, etc.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Higher ones are dominated by pine flatwoods, but pastureland and hayland also occur."
• "Soils of the low uplands and high flatwoods are somewhat poorly drained to moderately well drained (Albany-Blanton-Stilson)"
• "Major vegetative communities on the islands include beach/dune, slash pine flatwoods, oak-rosemary scrub and tidal marsh."