Esparto, halfah grass, or esparto grass is a fiber produced from two species of perennial grasses of north Africa, Spain and Portugal. It is used for...
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Esparto (Spanish for "Halfah grass") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yolo County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville...
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have a canvas or cotton fabric upper and a flexible sole made of esparto rope. The esparto rope sole is the defining characteristic of an espadrille; the...
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Stipa tenacissima (esparto, esparto grass, halfah grass, alfa grass, or needle grass) is a perennial grass of northwestern Africa and the southern part...
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to Nardeae. The only known species is Lygeum spartum, commonly called esparto grass, cord grass or albardine, which is distributed in arid areas around...
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Esparto Unified School District is a school district in Esparto, California. The district comprises Madison High School, Esparto High School, Esparto...
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Wādī Ḥalfā (Arabic: وادي حلفا, Sudanese Arabic: [ˈwaːdi ˈħalfa], "Esparto Valley") is a city in the Northern state of Sudan on the shores of Lake Nubia...
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and fish sauce (garum), dry crops (such as wheat and, more importantly, esparto), olive oil, and wine. The process of Romanization spurred on throughout...
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showing relatively warm mean temperatures. Among the herbaceous species, esparto and shrub deserve to be mentioned due to their industrial value in the...
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limit of date palm cultivation and the southern limit of the range of esparto, a grass typical of the Mediterranean climate portion of the Maghreb and...
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MythBusters (section Esparto accident)
in more spectacular and newsworthy ways. On March 20, 2009, the town of Esparto, California, was shaken and windows were shattered by a blast created by...
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alfalfa, the leaves, stems or trimmings of banana, cassava, Mangelwurzel, esparto, Leucaena leucocephala and kenaf, maize, oats, Pandanus, peanut, sorghum...
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main vegetation is composed by carob trees, almond trees, olive trees and esparto. Crevillent is a major producer and exporter of carpets and pomegranates...
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of publishers in wartime, with the fall of France cutting off supply of esparto grass, one of the constituents of the pulp Penguin used. When rationing...
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Fort Rock sagebrush sandals from the United States (c. 7300 BC) Neolithic esparto sandals from Spain (c. 5000 BC) The Areni-1 shoe from Armenia (c. 3500...
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Esparto sandals from the 6th or 5th millennium BC found in Spain....
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laces that tie around the ankle. The term is French and comes from the esparto grass. The shoe originated in the Catalonian region of Spain as early as...
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971 $72,694 Escondido San Diego 147,603 3,982.9 $21,684 $49,409 $53,983 Esparto Yolo 3,229 701.8 $19,565 $64,844 $66,652 Etna Siskiyou 750 986.8 $14,168...
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asparagus, and cotton. Jódar is the largest European producer of handcrafted esparto grass arts and crafts, mainly parasols for beach use. This town is near...
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on 6 April 1883, a three-storey building was gutted, and three tons of Esparto grass was destroyed. There was insurance cover. Rishton Mill was closed...
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3″W / 37.649833°N 121.024250°W / 37.649833; -121.024250 (KFKK-LD) Esparto California K04QR-D 38.1 38.2 38.3 38.4 38.5 38.6 38.7 Magnificent Movies...
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District Ventura Unified School District Davis Joint Unified School District Esparto School District Washington Unified School District [1] Winters Joint Unified...
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when derived from a mechanical process. Dogbane, used by Native Americans Esparto, a fiber from a grass Flax, from which linen is derived Hemp, a soft, strong...
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immigrants of Spanish origin, most of them day labourers working in the esparto harvest, were killed on 11 June 1881 in French Algeria (in the countryside...
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well adapted to the arid conditions of southeastern Spain. It inhabits in esparto grasslands and thyme fields. It sprouts from the bulb in December and flowers...
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isohyet, or the southern range of the European Olive (Olea europea) and Esparto Grass (Stipa tenacissima). Mediterranean acacia-argania dry woodlands and...
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a tobacco factory, tanneries, bakeries, lime, brick and cement works, Esparto grass industry, mechanical saw mills, and the Petrolibya Society (Trye...
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the northwestern portion of the county, 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Esparto. Guinda's ZIP Code is 95637 and the town is in area code 530. It lies at...
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in Yolo County, California. It is located 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Esparto, in the Capay Valley, in the northwestern part of the county. Rumsey's...
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gigantea and S. pulchra are used as ornamental plants. One former species, esparto grass (Macrochloa tenacissima), is used for crafts and extensively in paper...
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