DCHP-1 Online
slough grass † West 
any of several coarse grasses, Muhlenbergia spp., growing in the sloughs of the Prairies or of the interior of B.C.
- 1930 Billy ran up a bunk of poles in a corner, with tough willow sticks for springs, and an armful or two of coarse slough grass for a mattress.
- 1951 We sat around . . . talking of range cows and tough trails, slough grass and swamp meadows. . . .
- 1930 Billy ran up a bunk of poles in a corner, with tough willow sticks for springs, and an armful or two of coarse slough grass for a mattress.