saw grass
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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On the other side of the path were fields of swaying saw grass and hardwood hammocks — dense stands of broad-leafed trees that grow on a slight rise of only a few inches.
From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2022
Scientists are counting on mangroves and other more salt-tolerant plants to migrate inland into the saw grass plains, establishing a new, natural bulwark against climate change.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2019
It is part of the famed Everglades—a complex system of saw grass, mangroves and seagrass that is crucial to southern Florida’s water supplies, storm protection, fishing and tourism.
From Scientific American • Jun. 21, 2019
Regulators say the boats can destroy the saw grass prairies and disturb wildlife with their ear-piercing noise.
From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2016
We were never able to catch up with him because there were miles of saw grass and knee-deep mud between us.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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