Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: These plants are known in British English as bulrush , bullrush , or reedmace , in American English as cattail , punks , or corndog grass , in Australia as cumbungi or bulrush , and in New Zealand as raupo .
Simplified: These plants are known in British English as bulrush , bullrush or reedmace , and in American English as cattail or punks .