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Lygeum Spartum
parterie par"ter*ie, n. [F., from Sp. esparto esparto, L. spartum, Gr. ?.] Articles made of the blades or fiber of the Lygeum Spartum and Stipa (or Macrochloa) tenacissima, kinds of grass used in Spain and other countries for making ropes, mats, baskets, nets, and mattresses. --Loudon.
Lygeum Spartum
Matweed Mat"weed`, n. (Bot.) A name of several maritime grasses, as the sea sand-reed (Ammophila arundinacea) which is used in Holland to bind the sand of the seacoast dikes (see Beach grass, under Beach); also, the Lygeum Spartum, a Mediterranean grass of similar habit.

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- Lygeum is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the gr**** family. It is placed in its own tribe Lygeeae, which is sister to Nardeae. The only known species...
- crafts, such as cords, basketry, and espadrilles. Stipa tenacissima and Lygeum spartum are the species used to produce esparto. Stipa tenacissima (Macrochloa...
- such as cords, basketry, and espadrilles as well as for making paper. Lygeum spartum, another species of gr**** also used as esparto Carapeto, A.; Véla...
- part of the island. Crucianella rupestris, Anthrocnemum macrostachyum, Lygeum spartum, Convolvulus oleifolius, Thymbra capitata, Teucrium fruticans, Allium...
- Artemisia herba-alba dominates in where there are silty slopes and depressions; Lygeum spartum steppe grows in sandy soils. Where sand ac****ulates there is a mosaic...
- location. In Morocco it may emerge by mid-June. The larva feeds on the gr**** Lygeum spartum. S. prieuri Pier. (42 d, e). This butterfly resembles the preceding...
- The upper region of the islet is colonised extensively by Esparto gr**** (Lygeum spartum), the Olive-leaved Bindweed, the Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis urvilleana)...
- (1961). "Estudio histotaxonómico del género Lygeum (Gramineae)" [Phytotaxonomy study on the genus Lygeum (Gramineae)]. Revista Argentina de Agronomía...
- thurifera and Juniperus phoenicea, steppe gr****lands with Stipa tenacissima and Lygeum spartum, and low shrublands with Artemisia herba-alba, Thymelaea hirsuta...
- Dry gr****lands are characterized by the gr****es Stipa tenacissima and Lygeum spartum, inters****d with subshrubs like Artemisia herba-alba. The fiber...