sea-reed

The whole was thatched with star-grass or sea-reed, blackened with smoke and moisture.

Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) John Roby 1821

a dark object moving near, and the next minute I was overjoyed to find my recreant steed, quietly searching amongst the tufted moss and sea-reed for a scanty supper.

Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) John Roby 1821

"The purpose for which this plant is generally employed, and for which its creeping, matted roots fit it in an eminent degree, is for binding loose sands when sown with the sea-reed (Arundo arenaria), to prevent the encroachment of the sea.

Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs 1863