Men who inhabited the western portion of central Mirkwood in the Third Age. Although troubled by Orcs, giant spiders, and other evils out of Dol Guldur, they survived until the end of the Third Age.

When Mirkwood was cleansed after the War of the Ring, the Woodmen and the Beornings were given that portion of the forest between the Mountains and the Narrows.
Encyclopedia entry originally written by Buckland_Lass