wheat straw
Cereal plant remnants
Wheat straw is the dry stalks left after wheat grain has been harvested.
It serves as animal bedding, mulch, or raw material for paper and packaging.
Increasingly, wheat straw appears in eco-friendly products marketed as alternatives to plastic: wheat straw plates, wheat straw utensils.
- thatchingRoofing with dried vegetation
- chaffProtective seed coverings
- biocharCharred biomass soil amendment
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
- paper pulpRaw material for sheets
paper making · mulch · biodegradable packaging · scarecrow · husk · farm waste · particleboard · stubble · fermentation · hay · soil amendment · insulation material · baskets · fodder · basket weaving · dry · erosion control · field
- biofuel cropsswitchgrass, sugarcane, sorghum, rapeseed, soybean
- paper ingredientswood pulp, cellulose, cotton rags, recycled paper, wastepaper
- straw bale buildingload bearing, infill, pinning, baling twine
- straw craftscorn dolly, corn husk dolls
- biomasswood, sawdust, wood chips, bagasse, switchgrass
- ecomaterialsbamboo flooring, cork, cork flooring, reclaimed wood, recycled glass
plant component
wheat strawwheat kernel
Edible cereal grain seed
wheat seed · wheat flour · flour · whole wheat · wheat bran
material composition
wheat strawplastic
Capable of being molded
synthetic fiber · fiberglass · metal · concrete · rubber