Hammocks are dense stands of
hardwood trees that grow on natural rises of only a few inches higher than surrounding marshland that is otherwise too wet to support them. Hammocks are distinctive in that they are formed gradually over thousands of years rising in a wet area through the deposits of their own
decomposing organic material. As a result they typically have a large and diverse density of various forms of plant and animal life. They appear as teardrop-shaped islands shaped by the flow of water in the middle of the slough. Many tropical species such as
mahogany (Swietenia mahogoni),
gumbo limbo (Bursera simaruba), and
cocoplum (Chrysobalanus icaco) grow alongside the more familiar temperate species of
live oak (Quercus virginiana),
red maple (Acer rubum), and
hackberry (Celtis laevigata).
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