saltgrass
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- Custer stood him up, waited for him to get his balance, and led him onto the porch of a small house, a cabin really, by itself in the middle of a saltgrass meadow, set up on blocks off the muddy ground and surrounded by ponderosa pines.
Examples
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In coastal areas, saltgrass thrives in soil that is too salty for most other plants to survive.
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The wetland habitat was primarily composed of saltgrass, providing essential shelter for various wildlife.
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As we walked through the marsh, we saw patches of saltgrass swaying gently in the salty breeze.
Synonyms
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A tall grass that grows in coastal marshes and helps stop erosion
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A tough grass with strong roots that grows on sandy shores and stops sand dunes from moving
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A coarse grass that grows on sandy shores and keeps sand in place
A tall plant like a reed that grows in salty marshes and meadows
A plant with grasslike leaves that grows in salty or alkaline soil
A tough grass that grows on sand near the sea to hold the dunes in place
How Salt-Tolerant
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Saltgrass is a simple combination of salt and grass, literally 'salt' + 'grass'. It refers to grasses that live in salty soil by coasts and marshes, so the name points straight to the plant's salty habitat.