marsh elder
any of various composite plants of the genus Iva, as I. frutescens, that grow in salt marshes.
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How to use marsh elder in a sentence
The marsh-elder bushes mostly are restricted to the mounds of earth dug from the ditches.
Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima | Glen E. WoolfendenThe pair that nested in the western portion of the island fed along the sand fill or along the bases of the marsh-elder.
Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima | Glen E. WoolfendenAdditionally, Seaside Sparrows sing from exposed perches such as tall cattail stems and tall or isolated marsh-elder bushes.
Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima | Glen E. WoolfendenThe female crawled about in a marsh-elder bush seemingly testing the various forks in the branches for size.
Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima | Glen E. WoolfendenThe territories established by males at Chadwick contained few marsh-elder bushes.
Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima | Glen E. Woolfenden
British Dictionary definitions for marsh elder
any of several North American shrubs of the genus Iva, growing in salt marshes: family Asteraceae (composites): Compare elder 2
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