Rather, keep your eyes open for plants that have the characteristics of good tinder.

First make sure you have some good tinder nearby.

The dry grass will make good tinder.

The violets were good tinder and soon greasy clouds of smoke were billowing high into the air.

She had come to depend on her firestones, and she could start a fire very quickly if she had good tinder.

A lot of fine cedar shavings, pounded up with cedar bark and rolled into a two-inch ball, made good tinder, and all was ready.