Bay Grasses Identification Key
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Leaves with a Midrib
Look carefully at the shape and vein pattern of your specimen and
compare to each figure:
Note: there are 3 choices for this level.
Leaves are transparent, wrinkled or "curly" with a single parallel (from tip to base of leaf) midrib and many transverse (across leaf) veins. Leaf size is highly variable.
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Leaves are opaque and not curly, with both transverse and parallel veins.
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Leaves are transparent, relatively short (less than two inches), moderately curly with only parallel veins
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If you don't think your plant is represented above try going back a level and choosing again.