cordgrass
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cordgrass
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Moreover, the researchers found that the same bacteria are associated with cordgrass, mangrove, and seagrass roots in coastal ecosystems across the planet.
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
East Anglia, the region with the country’s lowest average rainfall, is home to flora like corn chamomile, cordgrass and rolling heather but is also burdened with dry, sandy soil.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2021
As a child I secretly welcomed the first warm day of spring by yanking off my shoes and standing waist deep in the cordgrass to feel the cool mud squish up between my toes.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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