marsh grass

The arch-pirate himself came charging out of the marsh-grass in time to witness this lamentable disaster.

So the three set the skiff in motion, skirting the marsh-grass, till they came to where a narrow channel opened inland.

Then, alluding to a heifer of Timmins's which had bloated on marsh-grass the day before, he added, "The beastie didna die?"

A league and a league of marsh-grass, waist-high, broad in the blade.