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Some plants used for
cordage:
- Agave (Agavaceae) dead leaves
cut, beaten.
- Basswood (Tilia americana) inner
bark peeled and retted.
- Cedar (Cupressaceae)bark
- Cattail (Typha) leaves,
shredded
- Dogbane or Indian Hemp(Apocynaceae) root,
bark, inner fiber, or vines, with leaves removed, pounded
- Day Lily (Hemerocallis) leaves
dryed, soaked, mellowed.
- Elm Bark (Ulmus americana) inner
bark.
- Flax (Linum Usitatissimum) bast fiber,
retted and scutched.
- Iris (Iridaceae) leaves,
harvest green or browned, dried, soaked, mellowed.
- Milkweed (Asclepiadaceae) stem
fiber or decayed stem fiber, bark.
- Nettles (Laportea canadensis)stem
fiber
- Red Osier Dogwood (Cornaceae)
bark
- Sagebrush (Asteraceae) bark
- Sedge (Cyperaceae) roots,
leaves
- Spider Plant (Chlorophytum)dry
leaves soaked, mellowed
- Sweetgrass (Hierochloe odorata)
leaves, dried, soaked, mellowed
- Tule (Scirpus) leaves, dried,
soaked, mellowed
- Willow (Salix) bark
- Yucca (Yucca) harvest green,
pound and wash, or ret and wash
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