Grass Plants Elevate Their Leaves to Compete for Light Without

Grass plants elevate their leaves to compete for light without exposing their shoot apical meristems to grazing animals by:

A) suppressing internode elongation between leaves.
B) growing their leaves from persistent meristematic zones at the leaf base.
C) using axillary meristems to produce leaves.
D) never elevating the shoot apical meristem.