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wool grass

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Noun1.wool grass - sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets
sedge - grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
genus Scirpus, Scirpus - rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs
2.wool grass - grass often cultivated for its long white-ribbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grass
Erianthus, genus Erianthus - genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs
plume grass - a reedlike grass of the genus Erianthus having large plumes


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Also known as tule, wool grass and rat grass, this herbaceous plant can grow up to 10 feet tall; they are found all through-out North America and Eurasia.
It is often found with other species of plants such as wool grass, other sedges, brome grass, soft rush, bulrush, ox eye daisy, Viriginia wild rye, ironweed, sneeze wood, monkey flower, pye weed and boneset.
 
 
 
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