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<strong>Cogongrass</strong> - Leaf Comparison<br />

Leaves<br />

- Blades up <strong>to</strong> 6 feet long<br />

- About 1 inch wide<br />

- Whitish, prominent midrib, that is<br />

<strong>of</strong>ten <strong>of</strong>f-center<br />

- Margins finely serrate<br />

- Some leaves are very erect, but some<br />

may droop or lie flat<br />

- Often light yellowish-green in color<br />

- Could have a reddish cast in fall/<br />

winter or brown after frost or freeze<br />

11<br />

C. Evans, UGA<br />

T. Bodner, SWSS

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