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Definition of Marsh elder
1. Noun. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers; common in moist areas (as coastal salt marshes) of eastern and central North America.
Group relationships: Genus Iva
Specialized synonyms: Burweed Marsh Elder, False Ragweed, Iva Xanthifolia
Generic synonyms: Bog Plant, Marsh Plant, Swamp Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marsh Elder
Literary usage of Marsh elder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"marsh elder. Highwater Shrub. The largest of our annual weeds. ... Small- flowered
marsh elder. Found growing in alkaline soils. AC Herb. ..."
2. A Geographic Dictionary of Rhode Island by Henry Gannett (1894)
"marsh elder; channel in coast marsh, in Little Egg Harbor Township, ... marsh elder;
island in Barnegat Bay, in Union Township, Ocean County . ..."
3. Fire Effects Information System: User's Guide by William C. Fischer, Melanie Miller, Cameron M. Johnston, Jane K. Smith (1998)
"At slightly higher elevations, saltmeadow rush bands form, often mixed with
marsh-elder (Iva frutescens). At the upland edge of the northern cordgrass ..."
4. Hayfever and Asthma: Care, Prevention and Treatment by William Scheppegrell (1922)
"The principal varieties in the eastern and southern states is the rough marsh
elder (Iva culata), but this is not sufficiently common to be of great ..."
5. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"29 Man's Parasites 72 Manzanita, the 160 marsh elder and Sunflowers 30 Morning-glories,
Edible .,,..., 32 Nectaries of Toad lily 161 Orchid seeds 76 Phlox ..."
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