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Hockomock Swamp, the Glossary

The Hockomock Swamp is a vast wetland encompassing much of the northern part of southeastern Massachusetts.^[1]

37 relations: Algonquian languages, Amphipoda, Archaic period (North America), Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Massachusetts), Arrowhead, Barn owl, Before Present, BioScience, Blanding's turtle, Blue-spotted salamander, Boghaunter, Bridgewater Triangle, Dighton Rock, Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (Massachusetts), Eastern box turtle, Easton, Massachusetts, Ecoregion, Flood control, King Philip's War, Lake Nippenicket, Lycopus europaeus, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Massachusetts House of Representatives, Metacomet, Northeastern coastal forests, Papaipema stenocelis, Sabatia kennedyana, Scirpus longii, Spotted turtle, Taunton River, Taunton River Watershed, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Utricularia, Wampanoag, Warren K. Moorehead.
1990 establishments in Massachusetts
Swamps of Massachusetts
Taunton River watershed

Algonquian languages

The Algonquian languages (also Algonkian) are a subfamily of the Indigenous languages of the Americas and most of the languages in the Algic language family are included in the group.

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Amphipoda

Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies.

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Archaic period (North America)

In the classification of the archaeological cultures of North America, the Archaic period in North America, taken to last from around 8000 to 1000 BC in the sequence of North American pre-Columbian cultural stages, is a period defined by the archaic stage of cultural development.

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Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Massachusetts)

The Massachusetts Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) Program is a list of state-designated places within the Commonwealth that receive special attention due to their natural and cultural resources.

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Arrowhead

An arrowhead or point is the usually sharpened and hardened tip of an arrow, which contributes a majority of the projectile mass and is responsible for impacting and penetrating a target, as well as to fulfill some special purposes such as signaling.

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Barn owl

The barn owl (Tyto alba) is the most widely distributed species of owl in the world and one of the most widespread of all species of birds, living almost everywhere except for polar and desert regions, Asia north of the Himalayas, some Indonesian islands and some Pacific Islands.

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Before Present

Before Present (BP) or "years before present (YBP)" is a time scale used mainly in archaeology, geology, and other scientific disciplines to specify when events occurred relative to the origin of practical radiocarbon dating in the 1950s.

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BioScience

BioScience is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Institute of Biological Sciences.

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Blanding's turtle

The Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) is a semi-aquatic turtle of the family Emydidae.

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Blue-spotted salamander

The blue-spotted salamander (Ambystoma laterale) is a mole salamander native to the Great Lakes states and northeastern United States, and parts of Ontario and Quebec in Canada.

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Boghaunter

Williamsonia is a genus of small dragonflies in the family Corduliidae.

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Bridgewater Triangle

The Bridgewater Triangle is an area of about within southeastern Massachusetts in the United States, claimed to be a site of alleged paranormal phenomena, ranging from UFOs to poltergeists, and other spectral phenomena, various bigfoot-like sightings, giant snakes and thunderbirds.

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Dighton Rock

The Dighton Rock is a 40-ton boulder, originally located in the riverbed of the Taunton River at Berkley, Massachusetts (formerly part of the town of Dighton).

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Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (Massachusetts)

The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, sometimes referred to as MassWildlife, is an agency of the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game, within the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.

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Eastern box turtle

The eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) is a subspecies within a group of hinge-shelled turtles normally called box turtles.

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Easton, Massachusetts

Easton is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Ecoregion

An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than a biogeographic realm.

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Flood control

Flood control (or flood mitigation, protection or alleviation) methods are used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters.

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King Philip's War

King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) was an armed conflict in 1675–1676 between a group of indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands against the English New England Colonies and their indigenous allies.

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Lake Nippenicket

Lake Nippenicket, known locally as The Nip, is a freshwater pond in the town of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and immediately adjacent to Raynham, Massachusetts. Hockomock Swamp and Lake Nippenicket are Taunton River watershed.

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Lycopus europaeus

Lycopus europaeus, common names gypsywort, gipsywort, bugleweed, European bugleweed and water horehound, is a perennial plant in the genus Lycopus, native to Europe and Asia, and naturalized elsewhere.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts (script), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Massachusetts Audubon Society

The Massachusetts Audubon Society, commonly known as Mass Audubon, founded in 1896 by Harriet Hemenway and Minna B. Hall and headquartered in Lincoln, Massachusetts, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to "protecting the nature of Massachusetts".

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Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA) is a Cabinet-level agency under the Governor of Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts House of Representatives

The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of Massachusetts.

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Metacomet (1638 – August 12, 1676), also known as Pometacom, Metacom, and by his adopted English name King Philip,, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.

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Northeastern coastal forests

The Northeastern coastal forests are a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion of the northeast and middle Atlantic region of the United States.

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Papaipema stenocelis

Papaipema stenocelis, the chain fern borer, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae.

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Sabatia kennedyana

Sabatia kennedyana is a species of flowering plant in the gentian family known by the common name Plymouth rose gentian.

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Scirpus longii

Scirpus longii is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common name Long's bulrush.

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Spotted turtle

The spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata), the only species of the genus Clemmys, is a small, semi-aquatic turtle that reaches a carapace length of upon adulthood.

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Taunton River

The Taunton River, historically also called the Taunton Great River, is a river in southeastern Massachusetts in the United States. Hockomock Swamp and Taunton River are Taunton River watershed.

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Taunton River Watershed

An USGS map of the Taunton River Watershed The Taunton River watershed or Taunton River basin is made up of of rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, and wetlands in southeastern Massachusetts, US. Hockomock Swamp and Taunton River Watershed are Taunton River watershed.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockomock_Swamp

Hockomock Swamp, the Glossary

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See also

1990 establishments in Massachusetts

Swamps of Massachusetts

Taunton River watershed

References