Difference between revisions of "Woodlands Bast Fiber Reference Collection"
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* [[Nettle]]: Stinging nettle (''Urtica dioca''0 | * [[Nettle]]: Stinging nettle (''Urtica dioca''0 | ||
* [[Dogbane]]: Dogbane (''Apocynum annabinum'') | * [[Dogbane]]: Dogbane (''Apocynum annabinum'') | ||
− | * [[Milkweed]]: Common milkweed (''Aspclepias syria''), Swamp milkweed (''Aspclepias incarnate'') | + | * [[Milkweed fiber|Milkweed]]: Common milkweed (''Aspclepias syria''), Swamp milkweed (''Aspclepias incarnate'') |
A table containing a comparison of these fibers can be found here. | A table containing a comparison of these fibers can be found here. |
Revision as of 13:28, 5 July 2023
Description
Some images of plant fibers in the FRIL Database are from the Woodland Plant Fiber Reference Collection as the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). Pre-Columbian clothing, baskets, pouches, cords and mats were often made from the inner layers of bark and plants. In the northern and eastern regions of North America, the most commonly used fibers were
- Basswood: Bass wood (Tilia americana)
- Elm: Slippery elm (Ulnus rubra)
- Nettle: Stinging nettle (Urtica dioca0
- Dogbane: Dogbane (Apocynum annabinum)
- Milkweed: Common milkweed (Aspclepias syria), Swamp milkweed (Aspclepias incarnate)
A table containing a comparison of these fibers can be found here.
Common name | Scientific name | Micro-fibrillar spin | Crystals | Cross-section Diagram | Fiber Diameter (microns) | Fiber L:W Ratio |
EDS results | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dogbane | Apocynum cannabinum | S | Calcium sulfate in parenchyma. | # | Range: 5-35 Typical: 15-25 |
2.09 | Ca, S, Na | |
Nettle | Urtica dioica | S | Frequent calcium oxalate druses in parenchyma. | # | # | Range: 10-75 Typical: 15-70 |
2.7 | Ca, S |
Common milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | S | Infrequent calcium oxalate druses in parenchyma, calcium sulfate in parenchyma. | # | Range: 10-30 Typical: 10-20 |
1.3 | Ca, S, Na | |
Swamp milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | S | Infrequent calcium oxalate druses in parenchyma, calcium sulfate in parenchyma. | # | Range: 5-25 Typical: 15-20 |
1.23 | Ca, S, Na | |
Basswood | Tilia americana | Z | Calcium oxalate druses and prismatic, found within fiber network. Calcium sulfate also present. |
# | # | Range: 8-20 Typical: 10-18 |
1.32 | Ca, S, Na |
Slippery elm | Ulmus rubra | Z? | Frequent calcium oxalate prismatic crystals in fiber network. | # | # | Range: 4-14 Typical: 5-10 |
1.59 | Ca, Mg, Na |