reed grass

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

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

In this way the foundation coiled rope of grass is entirely covered and concealed by the wrapping of reed grass, and at the same time firmly united.

From American Indians by Starr, Frederick