chairmaker's bulrush

English
chairmaker's bulrush

Noun

chairmaker's bulrush (plural chairmaker's bulrushes)

  1. A perennial herb, Schoenoplectus americanus, native to the Americas, used as a model organism in the study of salt marsh ecology.
    Synonym: Olney's bulrush
    • 2022 May 23, Gregory Barber, “The Wetlands Are Drowning”, in Wired‎:
      schoenoplectus americanus, or the chairmaker’s bulrush, is a common wetland plant in the Americas, and it has an existential problem. It has chosen to live in a place where it is always at risk of being drowned.
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