The flat plain of saw-grass marshes, tree-islands, and marsh prairies, with cropland in the north, ranges in elevation from sea level to twenty feet. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The End. Maryanne kept craning her neck as we pushed our way through the tall saw-grass, trying to watch the tribe of scared-looking chimps that'd been paralleling our track for the last few days, shading her eyes and standing on tiptoe. ❋ Unknown (2004)
He moved faster, pushing through saw-grass plants and low bushes. ❋ Clancy, Tom (2003)
Roland pushed the bags of devil-dust into the cleft between two rocks and covered them with handfuls of sparse saw-grass. ❋ King, Stephen, 1947- (1987)
A squad of ten Frenchmen gathered under the fold of a - dune that edged on to the saw-grass of the glacis. ❋ Cornwell, Bernard (1987)
This time there was plenty of time to explain to you that what you thought was merely a plot of grass was really a saw-grass pond, and that sand-hill cranes are not fit for use this season of the year; but suppose that a danger suddenly threatened us. ❋ J. Watson [Illustrator] Davis (N/A)
They dragged the canoe through a narrow strand of saw-grass, but were turned westward by a heavier band of the same obstacle, and finally made their camp for the night on a bushy little submerged key, where Ned lay on top of the canoe and was kept from sleeping by the fear of rolling over into the water, and Dick lay on a bed of brush that soon settled into the water with him. ❋ A. W. Dimock (N/A)
But when a strand of heavy saw-grass had to be crossed they found trouble to burn. ❋ A. W. Dimock (N/A)
They paddled to the east, keeping on the southern border of the saw-grass strand, and whenever an opening appeared they followed it until turned back by grass too heavy for them to force their way through. ❋ A. W. Dimock (N/A)
They sheered off and avoided all bands of saw-grass unless they found trails across them. ❋ A. W. Dimock (N/A)
To reach the woods they were aiming for the boys left the Indian trail they were on and, after forcing their way through a strand of saw-grass, found themselves on a prairie, bounded on the west by a heavy growth of cypress, oak and other heavy timber, while the prairie itself was made beautiful by picturesque little groups of palmettos which were scattered through it. ❋ A. W. Dimock (N/A)
The young explorers "lit out" as proposed and, after a day of hard work and easy work, of open water and thick saw-grass and of clear channels and half dry meadows, camped beside a little slough on the border of a swamp, in the jungle of which it soon lost itself. ❋ A. W. Dimock (N/A)
They kept in the light grass as much as they could, but in avoiding the strands of the heavy saw-grass of the Glades they were forced farther and farther to the east, until night found them in the open Everglades with no hope of a place to camp. ❋ A. W. Dimock (N/A)
The saw-grass strand was only two hundred yards across, although it seemed a mile to the boys, who made light of it when they reached the other canoe, but their bleeding hands, torn by the terrible grass, told another story. ❋ A. W. Dimock (N/A)
But between them and the camp was an almost impassable barrier of saw-grass. ❋ A. W. Dimock (N/A)
They will help you to dodge the worst of the saw-grass which is likely to be your greatest trouble. ❋ A. W. Dimock (N/A)
They found much open water, most of the grass was light and the few strands of saw-grass they encountered were easily avoided. ❋ A. W. Dimock (N/A)
These wilds are overgrown with the terrible tall grass, with edges as sharp as a knife or saw, called "saw-grass." ❋ Unknown (1922)
They consist mainly of submerged saw-grass plains extending 130 by 70 miles, studded with numerous islands which produce a semi-tropical jungle-growth. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
The ground beyond was lower than the saw-grass land and seemed to be composed of oozy slime. ❋ Henry Oyen (1902)