cordgrass
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cordgrass
Example Sentences
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Wading into the marsh, shovels and buckets in hand, the researchers and their students collected cordgrass along with the muddy sediment samples that cling to their roots.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
More than half of the main island is salt marsh, and the knee-high cordgrass and black needlerush seemingly stretched to the Earth’s curve.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2022
If the invasive version of the cordgrass hadn’t been controlled, “It would have been devastating to the oyster industry, to crabbing on the coast, shorebirds,” Phillips says.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2021
And while those descriptors may invoke thoughts of mosquito clouds and lurking alligators, wetland ecosystems support myriad unique and diverse species beyond biting insects and murderous reptiles: shrimp, migratory cranes, saltmarsh cordgrass.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2021
She walked through the bulrushes and cordgrass to the very edge of the marsh’s waterline.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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