salt grass

American  

noun

1. any of several grasses, as Distichlis spicata, that grow in salt marshes or meadows or in alkali soil.

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Etymology

Origin of salt grass

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

They shuffle over the wet sand and coir netting with George Blomberg, one of the Port’s senior environmental managers, planting native salt grass and tufted hair grass to help restore an eroded habitat.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2021

I even planted some milkweed, violets, and wispy salt grass for the caterpillars—you know, when butterflies are in the larval stage.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

The little girl and I had a long walk along the beaches, over the rocks, and through the tall, salt grass.

From The Wagner Story Book by Frost, William Henry

Again Garrett had to search in the salt grass and greasewood.

From The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado by Hough, Emerson

To be sure, there was water enough of its kind down on the lower slopes, besides saleratus and salt grass and cattails and the tang of marshlands in the air.

From Dorian by Anderson, Nephi