Flax
Linum usitatissimum
Fibre crop grown in suitable fields for bio-based construction products; not very labour, fertilizer, or capital intensive.
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Carbon storage
4–8 tCO2eq/ha/yr
Annual bast-fibre crop; into fibreboard, insulation, composites. Indicative.
Agronomy + economics
Soil organic carbon delta
0.1 t C/ha/yr
Positive = net storage; steady-state estimate from EU literature.
Suitable landscapes
Sources
- Mooi Nederland programma (2023). Handreiking Biobased (ver)bouwen — Section on reed (Phragmites australis) construction materials including roofing thatch and modern reed boards. Reed cultivation in NL veen landscape.
- Eindversie-Rapport-Building-Balance_v5.pdf· p. 8
- Policy brief on Sustainable construction.pdf· p. 16
- https://www.wur.nl/nl/longread/hoe-biobased-materialen-klimaatverandering-vertragen