bayhead

Noun

bayhead (plural bayheads)

1. A swamp habitat dominated by bay laurels.
   • A hammock or a "bayhead" (a cypress swamp) offers the next most favorable conditions, but a soil of nearly pure muck or vegetable detritus, of a fine floury texture, does not resist drouth as well as does the sandy flatwoods soil.1897, S. Powers, Strawberry Cuture

   Synonyms:

   baygall

2. The portion of a bay located farthest inland, farthest from the body of water the bay is confluent with.
   • Two lowlands lie at the bayhead, one at either end and separated by a steep shore. Utasutsu Bay is separated from Naibo Bay by the volcanic cone on Poronetsu Peninsula. Depths are 60 feet within 1,500 yards of land, and there is a sandy beach at the bayhead.1943, United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Kurile Islands ..., page 60
   • The open-bay environment in Corpus Christi Bay is more saline than within Nueces Bay, indicating an open-bay environment located distal from the bayhead delta within Corpus Christi Bay and restricted or interdistributary bay located behind the main distributaries of the active bayhead delta in...2008 January 1, John B. Anderson, Antonio B. Rodriguez, Response of Upper Gulf Coast Estuaries to Holocene Climate Change and Sea-level Rise, Geological Society of America, →ISBN, page 127