Wild Foodies of Philly FIELD GUIDE! FIBER! This is a work-in-progress. Go to for more information. Send comments & corrections to . NATURAL FIBER SOURCES: CLOTH - PAPER TWINE / ROPE BASKETS – – GREAT LIST! CLOTH PAPER flax milkweed stinging nettle paper mulberry kudzu paper mulberry cattails hemp reed / phragmite wheat straw cotton (not local) kudzu mallow, velvet leaf & hops water hyacinth hemp water hyacinth (limited use) TWINE/ROPE/CORDAGE BASKETS GREAT LIST: TREES oak hickory willow (coppiced) thistle hazel dogbane cedar roots and bark hemp cedar bark VINES: basswood bark water hyacinth inner bark of hickory kudzu cattails bittersweet milkweed grapevine dogbane honeysuckle moosewood (leatherwood) wisteria yucca smokevine paper mulberry English ivy mallow, velvet leaf Boston ivy water hyacinth PLANTS: yucca sweetgrass bamboo nettle iris cattail reed / phragmite (also thatched roofs)
Wild Foodies of Philly FIELD GUIDE! FIBER! This is a work-in-progress. Go to for more information. Send comments & corrections to . NATURAL FIBER SOURCES: CLOTH - PAPER – TWINE / ROPE – BASKETS GREAT LIST! CLOTH flax stinging nettle kudzu paper mulberry hemp cotton (not local) mallow, velvet leaf & water hyacinth PAPER milkweed paper mulberry cattails reed / phragmite wheat straw kudzu hops hemp water hyacinth (limited use) TWINE/ROPE/CORDAGE GREAT LIST: thistle dogbane hemp cedar bark basswood bark inner bark of hickory cattails milkweed dogbane moosewood (leatherwood) yucca paper mulberry mallow, velvet leaf water hyacinth BASKETS TREES oak hickory willow (coppiced) hazel cedar roots and bark VINES: water hyacinth kudzu bittersweet grapevine honeysuckle wisteria smokevine English ivy Boston ivy PLANTS: yucca sweetgrass bamboo nettle iris cattail reed / phragmite (also thatched roofs)