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Plant Fiber

Plant fiber, as used here, refers to any flexible, elongated, unit of one or more cells that has sufficient tensile strength to remain as a fiber long enough to be seen as such in environmental samples. Environments both inside and out contain large numbers of these fibers. Some of these fibers are stong enough and long enough to be used comercially as textile fibers. Others may be common in environmental samples but have no comercial value at this time. Still others have significance in an environmental sample as indicators of local conditions or times of the year.

Natural Plant Textile Fibers

Cotton
Cotton Cotton Cotton Fiber Cross-Section Cotton Cotton Cotton Fiber Cross-Section Cotton Mercerized Cotton

Flax
Flax Flax Flax Fiber Cross-Section

Hemp
Hemp Fiber Hemp Fiber Hemp Fiber Cross-Section

Ramie
Ramie Fiber Ramie Fiber Ramie Fiber, Cross-Section

Non-Textile Plant Fibers

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