• grow undergroundgrow underground

• also called yamsalso called yams

• orange root is used for foodorange root is used for food

• Major products such as yarn come from the fiber separated from its seed.

• The stalk is used for pressed paper and cardboard.

• Oil from the seed is used in cooking oil, for cosmetics, and in some

soaps and candles.

• must be grown in flooded fields

• used to feed humans and domestic animals

• Its soft straw is used in some countries to make hats and shoes.

• Hulls are used for mattress filling and packing material.

• Sweet, red fruit used in many desserts

• Sold to many other states that can not grow them

• Ponchatoula is called the Strawberry Capital.

• grow in pods similar to peas

• used to make crayons

• Its oil is found in salad dressings

and margarine.

• Grows on a tall, thin stockGrows on a tall, thin stock

• It does not grow from a seed. The entire It does not grow from a seed. The entire stalk is planted in the ground.stalk is planted in the ground.

• After harvest, the cane is After harvest, the cane is refined into sugar and syruprefined into sugar and syrup..