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Traditional Craft Techniques of Esparto Grass (Stipa tenacissima L.) in Spain1

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the members of the Esparto Workshop in the Folk High School of Albacete. We also would like to thank our informants and the people who assisted in the fieldwork. Tim Johnson (artist and basket maker, United Kingdom) has revised the English terms about basket making.

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  1. Universidad Popular de Albacete, Albacete, Spain

    J. Fajardo

  2. Instituto Botánico, Jardín Botánico de Castilla–La Mancha, Albacete, Spain

    J. Fajardo & A. Verde

  3. Depto. Biología Vegetal, Fac. Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain

    D. Rivera

  4. Depto. de Biología Aplicada, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Orihuela, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain

    C. Obón

  5. United Plant Savers, East Barre, VT, USA

    S. Leopold

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1Submitted 13 November 2014; Accepted 4 October 2015.

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Fajardo, J., Verde, A., Rivera, D. et al. Traditional Craft Techniques of Esparto Grass (Stipa tenacissima L.) in Spain1 . Econ Bot 69, 370–376 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-015-9323-x

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