Fiber crops are field crops grown for their fibers, which are used to make paper, cloth, or rope. These crops are generally havestable after a single growing season, as opposed to trees which are typically grown for many years before being harvested for wood pulp fiber. In specific circumstances, fiber crops can be superior to wood pulp fiber in terms of technical performance, environmental impact or cost. Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... A variety of fabric. ... Coils of rope used for long-line fishing A rope is a length of fibers, twisted or braided together to improve strength, for pulling and connecting. ... Wood pulp is the most common material used to make paper. ... Environmental impact analysis is conducted to determine the likely human environmental health impact, risk to ecological health, and changes to natures services that a proposed or ongoing project may bring, or is bringing. ...

Botanically, the fibers havested from many of these plants are bast fibers; the fibers come from the phloem tissue of the plant. The other fiber crop fibers are seed padding, leaf fiber, or other parts of the plant. Bast are the strong fibers in the phloem of some plants. ... In vascular plants, phloem is the tissue that carries organic nutrients, particularly sucrose to all parts of the plant where needed. ...

Fiber crops include:

• Bast fibers (Stem-skin fibres)
  • Jute (widely used & cheapest fibre after cotton)
  • Flax (which produces linen)
  • Ramie
  • Hemp
  • Kenaf
  • Abaca
  • Nettles
• Other fibers (Leaf, fruit, and other fibers)
  • Cotton
  • Bamboo
  • Esparto
  • Coir (Fibers of Coconut)
  • Sisal (Often termed as Agave)

Jump to: navigation, search Bast Fiber or Skin Fiber: The fiber is collected from the skin or bast surrounding the stem of the plant. ... Jump to: navigation, search Jute matting being used to prevent flood erosion while natural vegetation becomes established. ... Binomial name Linum usitatissimum Linnaeus. ... Torn linen cloth, recovered from the Dead Sea Linen is a material made from the fibers of the flax plant. ... Binomial name Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud. ... U.S. Marihuana production permit, from the film Hemp for Victory. ... Binomial name Hibiscus cannabinus L. Kenaf is the name of a hibiscus plant Hibiscus cannabinus and also the term for the fiber obtained from this plant. ... Binomial name Musa textilis Categories: Plant stubs | Liliopsida ... Species See text Nettle (Urtica) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Urticaceae, mostly perennial herbs but some are annual and a few are shrubby. ... Cotton is a soft fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant, a shrub native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the Old World and the New World. ... Diversity Around 91 genera and 1,000 species Subtribes Arthrostylidiinae Arundinariinae Bambusinae Chusqueinae Guaduinae Melocanninae Nastinae Racemobambodinae Shibataeinae See the full Taxonomy of the Bambuseae. ... Binomial name Stipa tenacissima L. - Esparto grass Esparto, or esparto grass, also known as halfah grass or needle grass, Stipa tenacissima, is a perennial grass grown in northwest Africa and southern Spain for fiber production for paper making. ... Coir (from Malayalam kayaru - cord) is a coarse fibre extracted from the fibrous outer shell of a coconut. ... SISAL (Streams and Iteration in a Single Assignment Language) is a general-purpose single assignment functional programming language with strict semantics, automatic parallelisation, and efficient array handling. ...

External links

• Living Tree Paper Company FAQ