Hammock (ecology)
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Hammock is a term used in the southeastern United States for stands of trees, usually hardwood, that form an ecological island in a contrasting ecosystem. Hammocks grow on elevated areas, often just a
Hammocks growing on a Florida marshland.
Fort Mose was built on a hammock near St. Augustine, Florida.
Fort Mose
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Fort Mose is a former Spanish fort in St. Augustine, Florida. In 1738, the governor of Spanish Florida, Manuel de Montiano, had the fort established as a free black settlement, the first to be legally
Hammock (ecology)
…Hammocks growing on a Florida marshland. Fort Mose was built on a hammock near St. Augustine, Florida. Hammock is a term used in the southeastern United States for stands of trees, usually hardwood…
Site of the old fort
Historical marker, Santa Teresa de Mose (Fort Mose), front
Historical Marker, Santa Teresa de Mose (Fort Mose) (reverse)
The entrance of Fort Mose Historic State Park.