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.
Cotton
Flax
Hemp
Ramie
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