Definitions

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  • noun US Any of the grasses in the genus Calamagrostis.

Etymologies

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reed +‎ grass

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Examples

  • Plant communities of the Pliocene sedimentary rock terrain are mainly Pacific reedgrass series and Coyote brush series.

    Point Reyes 2009

  • Grasslands: California annual grassland series, Introduced perennial grassland series, Pacific reedgrass series

    Point Reyes 2009

  • Grasslands: California annual grassland series, California oatgrass series, Pacific reedgrass series.

    San Francisco Peninsula (Bailey) 2009

  • Grasslands: California annual grassland series, California oatgrass series, Introduced perennial grassland series, Pacific reedgrass series.

    Santa Cruz Mountains (Bailey) 2009

  • Northern claypan vernal pools occur on the Santa Rosa Plain, and Pacific reedgrass series and Needlegrass grasslands occur on the rolling hills westward to the coast.

    Coastal Hills - Santa Rosa Plain 2009

  • Grasslands: California annual grassland series, Foothill needlegrass series, Introduced perennial grassland series, Pacific reedgrass series, Purple needlegrass series.

    Coastal Hills - Santa Rosa Plain 2009

  • Grasslands: California annual grassland series, California oatgrass series, Pacific reedgrass series, Purple needlegrass series.

    Watsonville Plain - Salinas Valley (Bailey) 2009

  • Brackish marsh species include giant cordgrass (Spartina cynosuroides), salt marsh bulrush, common three-square, soft-stem bulrush, broadleaf cattail, arrowhead, spider-lily, salt reedgrass, reed and arrow arum.

    North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, South Carolina 2007

  • All-flesh is grass; higher reedgrass or creeping herb.

    The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

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