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    Stipa tenacissima (esparto, esparto grass, halfah grass, alfa grass, or needle grass) is a perennial grass of northwestern Africa and the southern part...
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    are used as ornamental plants. One former species, esparto grass (Macrochloa tenacissima), is used for crafts and extensively in paper making. It is a coarse...
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    Esparto wax – a byproduct of making paper from esparto grass, (Macrochloa tenacissima) Japan wax – a vegetable triglyceride (not a true wax), from the...
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  • (Barreña, D.Rivera, Alcaraz & Obón) H.Scholz & Valdés Macrochloa tenacissima (L.) Kunth "Macrochloa Kunth | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants...
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    espadrilles. Stipa tenacissima and Lygeum spartum are the species used to produce esparto. Stipa tenacissima (Macrochloa tenacissima) produces the better...
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    types of plants and trees among which: esparto or "alfa" grass Macrochloa tenacissima, compact rush Juncus conglomeratus, French tamarisk Tamarix gallica...
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    murinum subsp. leporinum Imperata cylindrica 'Rubra' Lolium rigidum Macrochloa tenacissima Miscanthus sinensis fa. zebrina Nasella tenuissima Ochlopoa annua...
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