Pine Barrens

American  

noun

1. the, an extensive coastal region in S and SE New Jersey, composed chiefly of pine stands, sandy soils, and swampy streams. About 2,000 sq. mi. (5,180 sq. km).

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Example Sentences

This instability created lawless zones such as the “neutral ground” of Bergen County in northeast New Jersey and the Pine Barrens in the south, where hardened “banditti” flourished.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

In New Jersey the state Forest Fire Service has mounted a Firewise USA campaign throughout the Pine Barrens and installed fire towers, which are staffed whenever the forest is dry enough to burn.

From Scientific American • Aug. 23, 2023

Some of the pitcher plants used in Dr. Gaume and colleagues’ research are native to North America — in fact, they can be found in the New Jersey Pine Barrens.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2023

His face glows for much of the episode "The Pine Barrens," cast down into a screen.

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2022

The old name, Pine Barrens, is hardly correct because it implies something like a desert, when as a matter of fact the region produced magnificent forest trees.

From The Quaker Colonies, a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware by Fisher, Sydney George