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^[1]:

     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.