What Language Is Pocosin?

The word pocosin comes from an Eastern Algonquian word meaning "swamp-on-a-hill." The city of Poquoson, Virginia, located in the coastal plain of Virginia (see Tidewater region of Virginia) derives its name from this geographic feature.

What does the word Pocosin mean?

A pocosin is a wetland bog with sandy peat soil and woody shrubs throughout. Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina. ... This accumulation of material causes the soil to be highly acidic and nutrient-deficient.

What is a Pocosin a type of?

Pocosins are naturally-occurring freshwater evergreen shrub wetlands of the southeastern coastal plains with deep, acidic, sandy, peat soils. Pocosins are formed by the accumulation of organic matter, resembling black muck, that is built up over thousands of years in the unique conditions that exist on these wetlands.

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