Fiber Crops
- Bast fibers (Stem-skin fibers)
- Jute (widely used, cheapest fiber after cotton)
- Flax (produces linen)
- Indian hemp (The Dogbane used by native Americans.)
- Hemp (A soft, strong fiber, edible seeds.)
- Hoopvine (Also used for barrel hoops and baskets, edible leaves, medicine.)
- Kenaf (The interior of the plant stem is also used for fiber. Edible leaves.)
- Nettles
- Ramie (A nettle, stronger than cotton or flax, makes "China grass cloth")
- Other fibers (Leaf, fruit, and other fibers)
- Abacá (A banana, producing "manila" rope from leaves)
- Bamboo fiber
- Bowstring Hemp, (An old use of a common decorative agave, also Sansevieria roxburghiana, Sansevieria hyacinthoides)
- Cotton
- Coir (fiber from the coconut shell)
- Esparto
- Henequen (An agave, useful fiber, but not as high quality as sisal)
- Kapok
- Milkweed
- Papaya
- Phormium ("New Zealand Flax", an agave)
- Sisal (Often termed agave)
- Umbrella plant
- Yucca (An agave)
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