龙须草是禾本科多年生宿根性纤维草本植物,被造纸部门誉为“群草之冠”、“草中之宝”,是目前唯一能全部代替树木造纸的牧草.龙须草高0.4~1.2m,木质素含量低,纤维素含量高,且纤维细长质韧,易成浆,易漂白,成品的质量指标介于针叶木浆与阔叶木浆之间,并且适用于规模化生产.龙须草还具有药用、草水土保持及环境修复等功能、一次性种植可连续10年受益.目前在湛江大工业时代,大力种植龙须草代替桉树有重要的现实与生态意义.
Eulaiiopsis Binata is a kind of perennial grass of Poaceae family. It is a source of paper production which would replace trees as traditional papermaking material and is honored as "the highest in the group of grass", "treasure in the grass" Eulaliopsis Binata could grow a height of 0.4--1.2 m, with low lignin content and high cellulose content. Its fibers are tough, elongated, easy slurrying and bleaching. The product quality of paper made from Eulaliopsis Binata is between softwood pulp and hardwood pulp, which is suitable for large--scale production. Planting Eulaliopsis Binata could harvest over ten years. Under the background of industrial age in Zhanjiang, it has a great importance in reality and ecologically to plant Eulaliopsis Binata instead of eucalyptus.