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Dogbane (aka Indian hemp) is plentiful in most fields areas and is much stronger than grass or nettle. It is pretty common on the edges of active hay fields and in early successional field conversion areas (think power line cuts, old farm fields, etc). A thin strand is pretty strong, and a braided strand will hold a heck of a lot of weight.
Tulip poplar works well too, but you have to make it pretty thick to keep it from breaking under high stress use (i.e., bow drills).
I learned to do the bow drill with green wood, which doesn't really work, but gets the technique down, so when you use the proper type of wood it all comes together much faster.
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