Flax is a bast fiber
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Flax is a bast fiber
Flax is a “BAST FIBER” meaning that fibers come from an interior layer of a plant’s stem. (Cotton comes from a plant’s blossom). Other bast fibers used to make thread are hemp, jute, and ramie.
1) EPIDERMIS
2) CORTEX
3) BAST LAYER (THIS IS WHERE THE FIBER COMES FROM)
4) PHLOEM
5) XYLEM
6) PITH
1) EPIDERMIS
2) CORTEX
3) BAST LAYER (THIS IS WHERE THE FIBER COMES FROM)
4) PHLOEM
5) XYLEM
6) PITH