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Macrochloa tenacissima (esparto)

Synonyms: Lasiagrostis tenacissima (homotypic); Macrochloa tenacissima gabensis; Stipa gabensis; Stipa tenacissima (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Stipa tenacissima, (esparto, esparto grass, halfah grass or needles grass) is a perennial grass of northwestern Africa and the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula.
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Infraspecies

Macrochloa tenacissima gabesensis
Macrochloa tenacissima tenacissima
Macrochloa tenacissima umbrosa

Attributes

Dispersal Mode [2]  Anemochory
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Wind
Structure [3]  Grass
Usage [1]  A fibre from the leaves and stems is used in making paper, mats, ropes etc; It is very strong; The leaves and stems are harvested in the summer, cut into usable pieces and soaked in clear water for 24 hours; They are then cooked in lye for 2 hours and beaten in a bell mill. The plant is a source of a vegetable wax; No further details.
Height [1]  39 inches (1 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
CABO DE GATA-NIJAR 122347 Spain  
DESIERTO DE TABERNAS 28326 Spain  
PUNTA ENTINAS-SABINAR 4806 Spain  
SIERRA ALHAMILLA 20716 Spain  

Predators

Aclerda pasquieri[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Paula S, Arianoutsou M, Kazanis D, Tavsanoglu Ç, Lloret F, Buhk C, Ojeda F, Luna B, Moreno JM, Rodrigo A, Espelta JM, Palacio S, Fernández-Santos B, Fernandes PM, and Pausas JG. 2009. Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin. Ecology 90: 1420.
Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2013. BROT: a plant trait database for Mediterranean Basin species. Version 2013.06.
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0