1799 B. HawkinsSketch Creek County (1848) 65 Poor, pine barren flat.
1990 J. F. Kraus & E. R. SluderGenecology of Longleaf Pine 13/1 Descriptions of the southern pine forests emphasize that the ‘pine-barren flats’ (Flatwoods)..were dominated by Savannah-like stands of longleaf pine.