reed grass

British  

noun

1. a tall perennial grass, Glyceria maxima , of rivers and ponds of Europe, Asia, and Canada

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reed grass

Feather reed grass and weeds sprout from cracked asphalt and obscure walls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2022

On the flat, salt-soaked tidelands, the reed grass is sharp-edged and bitter, and around its roots, the soot is thick in the spongy soil.

From Time Magazine Archive

Or we would push into great lakes of swirling brown water, dotted with flat islands overgrown with reed grass higher than the head of a man.

From The Congo and Coasts of Africa by Davis, Richard Harding

To overcome this evil, a kind of coarse reed grass is annually sown on the dunes, which forms a tough sod, and prevents the sand from being blown away.

From Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim by Optic, Oliver

You must push through the reed grass to find the sword-flags; the stout willow-herbs will not be trampled down, but resist the foot like underwood. 

From Pageant of Summer by Jefferies, Richard