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  • Thatching: Used for making thatched roofs. (81)
Latin NameCommon NameUseEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acorus calamusSweet FlagThatching34
Agave americanaAgaveThatching33
Agave parryiCentury PlantThatching31
Agave utahensis discretaCentury PlantThatching31
Agave utahensis eborispinaCentury PlantThatching31
Ammophila arenariaMarram GrassThatching10
Artemisia keiskeanaThatching21
Arundinella hookeriThatching00
Arundinella nepalensisThatching00
Arundo donaxGiant ReedThatching32
Avena abyssinicaAbyssinian OatThatching20
Avena barbataSlender OatThatching20
Avena brevisThatching20
Avena byzantinaRed OatThatching20
Avena fatuaWild OatsThatching21
Avena ludovicianaOatsThatching20
Avena nudaNaked OatThatching40
Avena nudibrevisThatching20
Avena orientalisHungarian OatThatching31
Avena sativaOatsThatching33
Avena sterilisSterile OatsThatching30
Avena strigosaBristle OatsThatching20
Avena wiestiiThatching20
Betula pendulaSilver BirchThatching33
Betula pubescensWhite BirchThatching33
Calluna vulgarisHeatherThatching22
Cladium mariscusSaw GrassThatching10
Cyperus ustulatusThatching00
Dasylirion wheeleriSotolThatching20
Erica vagansCornish HeathThatching00
Imperata cylindricaCogongrassThatching33
Iris ensataJapanese Water IrisThatching11
Jubaea chilensisChilean Wine PalmThatching30
Juncus acutusSharp RushThatching00
Juncus conglomeratusThatching00
Juncus effususSoft RushThatching12
Juncus inflexusHard RushThatching00
Juncus procerusThatching00
Juniperus osteospermaDesert JuniperThatching22
Leptocarpus similisThatching00
Leymus condensatusGiant Wild RyeThatching21
Lilaea scilloidesThatching00
Livistona australisCabbage PalmThatching20
Marsippospermum grandiflorumThatching00
Phragmites australisCommon ReedThatching52
Pteridium aquilinumBrackenThatching22
Sabal mexicanaMexican PalmettoThatching20
Sabal minorBush PalmettoThatching21
Scirpus affinisThatching20
Scirpus lacustrisBulrushThatching31
Secale cerealeRyeThatching41
Spartina pectinataPrairie Cord GrassThatching00
Stipa splendensChee GrassThatching00
Thuja plicataWestern Red CedarThatching12
Triticum aestivumBread WheatThatching42
Triticum aestivum compactumClub WheatThatching20
Triticum aestivum machaMakha WheatThatching20
Triticum aestivum speltaSpelt WheatThatching40
Triticum aestivum sphaerococcumShot WheatThatching20
Triticum bicorneThatching20
Triticum georgicumThatching20
Triticum monococcumEinkornThatching30
Triticum monococcum aegilopoidesWild EinkornThatching20
Triticum sovieticumThatching20
Triticum timopheeviiSanduriThatching20
Triticum turgidumRivet WheatThatching40
Triticum turgidum carthlicumPersian WheatThatching20
Triticum turgidum dicoccoidesWild EmmerThatching20
Triticum turgidum dicocconEmmerThatching30
Triticum turgidum durumDurum WheatThatching30
Triticum turgidum polonicumPolish WheatThatching30
Triticum turgidum turanicumKhurasan WheatThatching20
Triticum vaviloviVavilov's WheatThatching20
Typha angustifoliaSmall Reed MaceThatching53
Typha bungeanaThatching43
Typha davidianaThatching43
Typha domingensisSouthern CattailThatching43
Typha glaucaThatching40
Typha latifoliaReedmaceThatching53
Typha laxmanniiThatching41
Typha orientalisThatching43

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