cordgrass
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cordgrass
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The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation had funded the group to study the symbiosis between the cordgrass and the sulfur-cycling microbes for the summer of 2020, but the pandemic shut down field work.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023
But the object of interest — to some art historians and aficionados — sits just outside the park, where the spartina cordgrass takes over.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2023
Some of the circular nests of smooth cordgrass are built atop mangrove stands, others on grassy hillocks.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2022
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
Riding her into the Meadowlands with Daddy on a clear Saturday morning, letting her graze the salt hay and cordgrass.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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