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

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 The Life of the Fields by Jefferies, Richard

"It is now the season of many Ducks here, even at Egg Lake; perchance in the reed grass yonder, by the willows, I may stalk a Wavey, or even a Goose."

From The Outcasts by Heming, Arthur Henry Howard

By using differently colored strips of the reed grass, patterns are worked in.

From American Indians by Starr, Frederick