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Bay Grasses Identification Key

Alternate Leaf Structure

Look at the shape of a single leaf from the base to the tip. As you can see in the pictures, simple leaves appear as a single leaf, and compound leaves often appear to be several leaves coming from a single place in the stem or one leaf that has been subdivided.

Simple Leaf Structure

simple leaf

Compound Leaf Structurecompound leaf

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