This growth habit is very distinctive for this grass. The large leaves easily surpass a foot in length and have a prominent thick white midrib. The leaf blades are very sharp, so be careful when ...

Its leaf blades are about 1 inch wide and can be several feet long. The leaves are very sharp to the touch and have a prominent white midrib. The ligule is made up of velvety hairs. The stems of ...

Leaf blades are flat and have rough margins and a prominent midrib. Blades are dull and ribbed on the upper surface and glossy below. Leaves are rolled in the whorl. Flowering stems are round and ...

Symptoms include brown spots on the leaf’s midrib, major veins, and edges. Sugar maple leaves in many parts of northern New England were covered with dark splotches, autumn leaf colors were noticeably ...

They straddle the leaf margin and devour all of the leaflet except the midrib. Whole branches and occasionally entire trees may be defoliated. Damage, however, is mainly to the aesthetic value of ...

Plants containing a brown midrib mutation exhibit a reddish brown pigmentation of the leaf midrib starting when there are four to six leaves. These mutations are known to alter lignin composition and ...

Vascular tissue in the midrib and veins Branches of the xylem, to transport water and minerals to the leaf. Branches of the phloem. To transport glucose and other products of photosynthesis to ...