wire grass

any of various grasses or rushes having wiry roots, culms, or leaves.

Origin of wire grass

An Americanism dating back to 1745–55

To add to this happy circumstance in the hollow of the land there grew some wire-grass, which indicated a moist situation.

A Voyage to the South Sea |William Bligh
The next moment they dismounted, left their wheels on the path, and came slowly across the desert of wire-grass toward us.

A Village of Vagabonds |F. Berkeley Smith
Florida has a great many ponds and marshes, with lots of fish in them, and it has a great deal of wire-grass and pine timber.

Harper's Young People, March 1, 1881 |Various
It was really a pine barren, such as may be seen to this day in what is called the wire-grass region of southern Georgia.

Stories Of Georgia |Joel Chandler Harris

So forsaken was it and so covered with stones and overgrown with wire-grass that I could not have found it but for her guidance.

The Blue Flower, and Others |Henry van Dyke

wire grass

any of various grasses, such as Bermuda grass, that have tough wiry roots or rhizomes