matted

adjective2

1. •
   Forming a thick tangled mess.

   • The moon had spread over everything a thin layer of silver—over the rank grass, over the mud, upon the wall of matted vegetation standing higher than the wall of a temple […] — 1899
2. •
   Covered with mats or matting.

   • The servant led us down a matted passage and showed us at the end into a great library […] — 1881