怎样翻译成英文“一片片狭长的叶子”

狭长的叶子：
long and slender leaves
有些中文量词是毋需直译的,例如「一片叶」、「一头牛」、「一个男人」,写成 a leaf,a cow,a man 便成；
写成 a piece of leaf,a head of cow...反而画蛇添足.
若要强调「一片又一片」,可加插入句 one by one.
例句：Long and slender leaves,one by one,emerge from the seedling.
(幼苗长出一片又一片狭长的叶子.)

pieces of narrow leaves

Pieces of narrow leaves ..

Patches of long, narrow leaves