Cordage

List of cordage plants of North America

 * Nettle stalks -- Urtica spp., especially U. dioica and other members of the Urticaceae family such as Canadian Woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) and False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica)
 * Milkweed stalks (Asclepias spp.)
 * Elm bark (Ulmus spp., esp U. rubra)
 * Linden (aka basswood) bark (Tilia americana)
 * Dogbane stalks (Apocynum spp.)
 * Bluestar stalks
 * Yucca leaves (Yucca spp.)
 * Cattail (Typha spp.) leaves
 * Cedar or Juniper bark
 * Willow (Salix spp.) bark
 * Abutilon abutilon - Velvet Leaf,Indian Mallow (stem)
 * Acer glabrum - Rocky Mountain Maple (bark)
 * Acer macrophyllum - Bigleaf maple (bark)
 * Acorus calamus - Sweetflag (leaves)
 * Agave americana - American Century Plant (leaves)
 * Agave deserti - Desert Agave (leaves)
 * Agave lechuguilla - Lechuguilla (leaves)
 * Agave parryi - Parry Agave (leaves)
 * Agave schottii - Schott Agave (leaves)
 * Agave toumeyana - Toumey Agave (leaves)
 * Agave utahensis - Century Plant (leaves)
 * Althaea officinalis - Marsh Mallow (stem)
 * Amelanchier alnifolia - Saskatoon Serviceberry (branches)
 * Arctium lapa - Burdock (stem)
 * Argentina anserina - Silverweed Cinquefoil (runners)
 * Artemisia tridentata - Sagebrush (bark)
 * Asimina triloba - Pawpaw (bark & root)
 * Carex barbarae - Santa Barbara Sedge (root)
 * Carya - Hickory (bark & root)
 * Cedrus - Cedar (bark & root)
 * Cercis canadensis - California Redbud (bark)
 * Chamaecyparis nootkatensis - Alaska Cedar (bark)
 * Chamerion angustifolium - Fireweed (stem)
 * Chilopsis linearis - Desert Willow (bark)
 * Cirsium arvense - Canadian Thistle (stem)
 * Cirsium edule - Edible Thistle (stem)
 * Cirsium vulgare - Bull Thistle (stem)
 * Clematis ligusticifolia - Western White Clematis (stem)
 * Convolvulus arvensis - Field Bindweed (stem)
 * Cornus sericea - Redosier Dogwood (bark)
 * Corylus cornuta var. californica - California Hazelnut (twigs)
 * Corylus cornuta var. cornuta - Beaked Hazelnut (twigs)
 * Cowania mexicana - Cliffrose (bark)
 * Dirca palustris - Moosewood,Leatherwood (bark)
 * Elaeagnus commutata - Silverberry (bark)
 * Fraxinus - Ash (bark)
 * Fremontodendron californicum - California Flannelbush (bark)
 * Geranium atropurpureum - Western Purple Cranesbill (stem)
 * Glyceria Canadensis - Sweetgrass (stem)
 * Gossypium hirsutum - Upland Cotton (fuzz)
 * Hoita macrostachya - Large Leatherroot (root)
 * Iris douglasiana - Western Iris (leaves)
 * Iris innominata - Del Norte County Iris (leaves & root)
 * Iris macrosiphon - Bowltube Iris (leaves)
 * Iris tenax - Klamath Iris (leaves)
 * Juglans cinerea - Butternut (bark)
 * Juglans nigra - Black Walnut (bark & root)
 * Juncus effusus - Common Rush (stem)
 * Juncus tenuis - Poverty Rush (stem)
 * Juniperus californica - California Juniper (bark & root)
 * Juniperus communis - Common Juniper (bark & root)
 * Juniperus deppiana - Alligator Juniper (bark & root)
 * Juniperus horizontalis - Creeping Juniper (bark & root)
 * Juniperus monosperma - Oneseed Juniper (bark & root)
 * Juniperus occidentalis - Western Juniper (bark & root)
 * Juniperus osteosperma - Utah Juniper (bark & root)
 * Larix laricina - Tamarack (root)
 * Leymus mollis - American Dunegrass (leaves)
 * Linaria linaria - Toad Flax (stem)
 * Linum lewisii - Prairie Flax (root & stem)
 * Liriodendron tulipifera - Tulip Tree (bark)
 * Lonicera ciliosa - Orange Honeysuckle (stem)
 * Lupinus arboreus - Bush Lupine (root)
 * Maclura pomifera - Osage Orange (root)
 * Morus alba - White Mulberry (root)
 * Morus microphylla - Texas Mulberry (root)
 * Morus rubra - Red Mulberry (root)
 * Nereocystis luetkeana - Bull Whip Kelp (stem)
 * Nolina microcarpa - Sacahuista (Agavaceae) (leaves)
 * Oenothera biennis - Evening Primrose (stem)
 * Phragmites communis - Reed Grass (stem & leaves)
 * Picea engelmannii - Engelmann's Spruce (root & limb)
 * Picea glauca - White Spruce (root)
 * Picea mariana - Black Spruce (root)
 * Picea sitchensis - Sitka Spruce (root)
 * Populus balsamifera - Brayshaw Black Cottonwood (bark)
 * Populus deltoides - Eastern Cottonwood (bark)
 * Populus fremontii - Fremont's Cottonwood (bark)
 * Populus tremuloides - Quaking Aspen (bark)
 * Potamogeton diversifolius - Waterthread Pondweed (stem)
 * Prosopis glandulosa - Honey Mesquite (bark)
 * Prunus emarginata - Bitter Cherry (bark & root)
 * Psoralea macrostachya - (stem)
 * Psoralidium lanceolatum - Lemon Scurfpea (root)
 * Quercus - Oak (bark & root)
 * Ribes divaricatum - Spreading Gooseberry (root)
 * Ribes lacustre - Prickly Currant (root)
 * Ribes lobbii - Gummy Gooseberry (root)
 * Robinia pseudoacacia - Black Locust (root)
 * Salvia - Sage (root)
 * Scirpus acutus - Beetle Hardstem Bulrush (root & stem)
 * Sesbania macrocarpa - Wild Hemp (stem)
 * Serenoa repens - Saw Palmetto (leaves)
 * Smilax - Greenbrier (vine)
 * Taxodium distichum - Baldcypress (bark)
 * Thuja plicata - Western Redcedar (bark & limbs)
 * Tillandsia usneoides - Spanish Moss (stem)
 * Tsuga canadensis - Eastern Hemlock(root)
 * Vicia americana - American Vetch (root)
 * Vitis aestivalis - Summer Grape (vine)
 * Vitis californica - California Wild Grape (vine)