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  • Weaving: Items such as grass and palm leaves that are woven together for making mats, baskets etc. See also Basket making and Fibre. (109)
Latin NameCommon NameUseEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acorus calamusSweet FlagWeaving34
Ammophila arenariaMarram GrassWeaving10
Arundinaria giganteaCane ReedWeaving31
Arundo donaxGiant ReedWeaving32
Bambusa multiplexHedge BambooWeaving20
Borinda emeryiWeaving00
Borinda grossaWeaving00
Coix lacryma-jobiJob's TearsWeaving33
Cyperus aristatusWeaving20
Cyperus distansSlender CyperusWeaving11
Cyperus esculentusTiger NutWeaving42
Cyperus fendlerianusFendler's FlatsedgeWeaving20
Cyperus longusGalingaleWeaving21
Cyperus rotundusNut GrassWeaving33
Cyperus schweinitziiFlatsedgeWeaving20
Cyperus setigerusWeaving20
Cyperus tegetiformisWeaving00
Cyperus ustulatusWeaving00
Dasylirion wheeleriSotolWeaving20
Drepanostachyum falcatumRingalWeaving20
Eleocharis dulcisChinese Water ChestnutWeaving31
Eleusine indicaWire GrassWeaving31
Elymus glaucaBlue Wild RyeWeaving20
Eriodictyon californicumYerba SantaWeaving23
Eriophorum angustifoliumCotton GrassWeaving21
Euonymus sachalinensisWeaving10
Hemerocallis speciesWeaving41
Hemerocallis altissimaWeaving41
Hemerocallis aurantiacaWeaving41
Hemerocallis bulbiferumWeaving41
Hemerocallis citrinaWeaving41
Hemerocallis coreanaWeaving41
Hemerocallis darrowianaWeaving41
Hemerocallis dumortieriWeaving41
Hemerocallis exaltataWeaving41
Hemerocallis forrestiiWeaving21
Hemerocallis fulvaCommon Day LilyWeaving52
Hemerocallis fulva longitubaWeaving41
Hemerocallis gramineaWeaving41
Hemerocallis hakunensisWeaving41
Hemerocallis lilioasphodelusYellow Day LilyWeaving42
Hemerocallis littoreaCoastal Day LilyWeaving41
Hemerocallis micranthaWeaving41
Hemerocallis middendorffiiWeaving51
Hemerocallis middendorffii esculentaWeaving51
Hemerocallis minorGrassleaf Day LilyWeaving41
Hemerocallis multifloraWeaving41
Hemerocallis pedicellataWeaving41
Hemerocallis plicataWeaving41
Hemerocallis thunbergiiWeaving41
Hemerocallis yezoensisWeaving41
Himalayacalamus asperWeaving00
Himalayacalamus brevinodusWeaving20
Himalayacalamus cupreusWeaving30
Himalayacalamus falconeriWeaving30
Himalayacalamus fimbriatusWeaving10
Himalayacalamus hookerianusPadangWeaving20
Imperata cylindricaCogongrassWeaving33
Indocalamus latifoliusWeaving00
Iris versicolorBlue FlagWeaving03
Juncus acutusSharp RushWeaving00
Juncus balticusBaltic RushWeaving10
Juncus conglomeratusWeaving00
Juncus effususSoft RushWeaving12
Juncus inflexusHard RushWeaving00
Juncus procerusWeaving00
Leymus arenariusLyme GrassWeaving20
Leymus condensatusGiant Wild RyeWeaving21
Livistona australisCabbage PalmWeaving20
Lomandra longifoliaLongleaf Mat-RushWeaving20
Lycopodium clavatumCommon Club MossWeaving03
Lycopodium complanatumGround PineWeaving03
Lycopodium obscurumGround PineWeaving02
Lycopodium serratumClub MossWeaving02
Milium effusumWood MilletWeaving20
Phalaris arundinaceaCanary GrassWeaving00
Phragmites australisCommon ReedWeaving52
Pinus palustrisPitch PineWeaving12
Pterocarya fraxinifoliaCaucasian WingnutWeaving11
Sabal palmettoCabbage PalmettoWeaving21
Scirpus acutusHard Stem BulrushWeaving31
Scirpus affinisWeaving20
Scirpus americanusAmerican BulrushWeaving20
Scirpus cyperinusWoolly Grass BulrushWeaving10
Scirpus lacustrisBulrushWeaving31
Scirpus maritimusSeaside BulrushWeaving31
Scirpus nevadensisNevada BulrushWeaving20
Scirpus validusRiver Club-RushWeaving21
Scirpus validus creberSoft-Stem BulrushWeaving21
Sorghum bicolorSorghumWeaving31
Sporobolus contractusSpike DropseedWeaving10
Stipa splendensChee GrassWeaving00
Trachycarpus fortuneiChusan PalmWeaving22
Trachycarpus martianusWeaving22
Typha angustifoliaSmall Reed MaceWeaving53
Typha bungeanaWeaving43
Typha davidianaWeaving43
Typha domingensisSouthern CattailWeaving43
Typha glaucaWeaving40
Typha latifoliaReedmaceWeaving53
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