The stems of grasses range from fully erect to prostrate.
The grass, or sod, webworm (larva of the snout moth, Crambus) usually bores into the roots, crowns, and stems of grasses, constructing silken webs around the bases and often extensively damaging crops or lawns.
An ant climbs to the top of a stem of grass and lingers there.
Get a long, strong stem of grass that will go around your wrist with a bit extra.
This includes both various parts of water plants and floodplain vegetation (leaves, stems, blades of grass, twigs, etc).
"As the day turns to dusk, flies take refuge under leaves and branches, on twigs and tree trunks, on the stems of tall grass and other plants," Dr. Grimaldi said.
How invigorating it is to hear the cheeping from birds' nests on the isthmus at the northern end of Derwentwater, scent the earth in Isthmus Wood, glimpse Castlehead beyond winged seed pods hanging like heavy bunches of grapes on ash trees, feel the blast of prevailing westerlies over the bay and taste the sweet stems of vernal grass.
They differ, however, in being situated between regions of mature tissue, such as at the base of grass leaves, which are themselves located on mature stem tissue.
In contrast, Gymnarchus niloticus (Gymnarchidae) prepares a large floating nest from the matted stems of swamp grasses, biting off the stems and fashioning them into a trough-shaped structure with an internal length of about 50 cm (20 inches).
These three basic types are quill pens, cut from the wing feathers of fowls and birds; reed pens, formed and trimmed from stems of bamboolike grasses; and metal pens, fabricated from various metals, especially fine steel.
Growing in black plastic pots, the long stems of the grasses waved slightly in the summer breeze, tickling the faces of the kids as they carefully transported the pots to a spot next to the water.
