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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 of the Iberian Peninsula.[1]

Stipa tenacissima
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Stipa
Species:	S. tenacissima
Binomial name
Stipa tenacissima L.
Synonyms
Macrochloa tenacissima (L.) Kunth

Distribution

Stipa tenacissima is an endemic species of the Western–Central Mediterranean countries. It grows in France (including Corsica), Spain (including the Baleares), Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. It grows in dry, rocky and base rich soils, forming a steppe-like grassland. It has been managed by people for centuries.[1]

Uses

Stipa tenacissima produces a fiber product called esparto which is used for crafts, such as cords, basketry, and espadrilles as well as for making paper.[1]

See also

• Lygeum spartum, another species of grass also used as esparto

References

Media related to Stipa tenacissima at Wikimedia Commons

External links

• Stipa tenacissima Spanish information
• McQuarrie, Gavin (1995). European influence and tribal society in Tunisia during the nineteenth century: the origins and impact of the trade in esparto grass 1870–1940 (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Durham. hdl:10068/460367.

На других языках

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- [en] Stipa tenacissima

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[ru] Эспарто

Эспа́рто[1], или а́льфа[1], или ковыль тянущийся[2] (лат. Stípa tenacíssima) — многолетнее травянистое растение, вид рода Ковыль (Stipa) семейства Злаки. Произрастает в Испании и Северной Африке. Важная сельскохозяйственная культура.

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