Marshes abounded with tall phragmite reeds, cattails, and bulrushes. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
On the floodplain below, isolated larch and pine trees were scattered among leafy shrubs, and stands of cattails, tall phragmite reeds, and bulrushes marked the river's edge. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
The tall stalks of last summer's phragmite reeds and spikes of cattails rose valiantly from their frozen bed of marshland, while dead ferns and sedges lay prostrate near the ice heaped up along the edges. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
The brush continued along the base of the slope, giving way to clumps of sedge and sharp-leaved reeds on wet low ground at the other end, which led into a marshy inlet choked with tall phragmite reeds and cattails. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
The next, they saw vast beds of tall phragmite reeds, more than twice Jondalar's height, growing together with the shorter, more graceful variety; the slender plants grew nearer the water and were more densely packed together. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
No fish were to be found in the temporary bodies of water, unless they happened to become part of a year-round river or stream, but amid the roots of tall phragmite reeds, bulrushes, sedges, and cattails swam the tadpoles of edible frogs and fire-bellied toads. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
She noted that a student intern is working with the Friends of Barnstable Harbor to collect data from Rendezvous Creek related phragmite removal. From Wordnik.com. [The Barnstable Patriot] Reference
Access to anything but the very north end of Willow Lake was not obtainable in recent years, at least not legally or without a slog through a phragmite jungle and lots of mud. From Wordnik.com. [10,000 Birds] Reference
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