A kind of large rush, growing in wet land or in water.

This swamp plant has a rounded stalk and was harvested, processed and dried and later woven into useful mats by the Wampanoag of the 17th century and before. These were commonly used on the interior walls of the Wampanoag wetu (house). Other uses for the mats were to put them on top of the benches of the Wetu and on the earthen floor, especially in winter. The mats were also used outside on a drying rack or on the ground, on which to dry foods. The English colonists also used Bulrush to make the roofs on their houses.

tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa