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This is rural Richland Parish, once a floodplain tangled with meandering bayous and wild canebrake where black bears still wander and a quarter of the 20,000 residents live below the poverty line.
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Delaney Nolan,
Fortune,
24 Aug. 2025
The canebrake or timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) is a big, heavy-bodied snake that can grow to 6 feet in length.
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Mandi Albright,
ajc,
26 Apr. 2022
The forest hid behind pioneer vegetation, the same canebrakes and cecropia trees over and over.
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Nell Zink,
Harper's magazine,
28 Oct. 2019
Those that are venomous include the diamondback rattlesnake, canebrake rattlesnake, pigmy rattlesnake, the copperhead, and cottonmouth or water moccasin.
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Wayne K. Roustan,
sun-sentinel.com,
10 July 2019
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Delaney Nolan,
Fortune,
24 Aug. 2025
The canebrake or timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) is a big, heavy-bodied snake that can grow to 6 feet in length.
—
Mandi Albright,
ajc,
26 Apr. 2022
The forest hid behind pioneer vegetation, the same canebrakes and cecropia trees over and over.
—
Nell Zink,
Harper's magazine,
28 Oct. 2019
Those that are venomous include the diamondback rattlesnake, canebrake rattlesnake, pigmy rattlesnake, the copperhead, and cottonmouth or water moccasin.
—
Wayne K. Roustan,
sun-sentinel.com,
10 July 2019
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“Canebrake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canebrake. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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canebrake
noun
cane·brake
ˈkān-ˌbrāk 
: a thicket of cane
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