Esparto is a variety of which plant?
Esparto from esparto leaves to eat curdle. Esparto Esparto, halfah grass, or esparto grass, is a fiber produced from two species of perennial grasses of north Africa and southern Europe. It is used for crafts, such as cords, basketry, and espadrilles. "Stipa tenacissima" and "Lygeum spartum" are the species used to produce esparto. "Stipa tenacissima" (="Macrochloa tenacissima") produces the better and stronger esparto. It is endemic to the Western Mediterranean (growing in Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya). The Spanish name for the plant is "atocha"; a pre-Roman word, probably Iberian. "Esparto" or σπάρτο in Greek may refer to any
Esparto be the same size and diameter, always in parallel. Traditionally, esparto basketry has not been a professional product. Shepherds, farmers and other people of the countryside used to plait esparto on rainy days or in times not suitable for working. Most craft tools and artifacts in the southern Spanish countryside for farming and livestock were made with esparto, such as containers/sacks for carts, horses and donkeys, harvesting baskets, and items for the home. There is a huge variety of items, many of which are well known and have a specific use, but others are the product of a special personal