Agavaceae

Yucca filamemtasa

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NAMING

Scientific Name: Yucca filamemtasa
Family: Agaceae
Common: Adam’s needle, beargrass

HABITAT

Native
Habitat: sandhill, scrubs, flatwoods, well drained soile
Range: Southeast, East Coast, Louisiana -> Maryland

TREE TRUNK

Size: –
Bark: –

LEAVES

Monocot
Beneath ground stem
Evergreen
Thin
Linear
widest in middle
margins are entire but has filaments, hairs that come off edges
leathery
tough
rosette arrangement

REPRODUCTION

Flowers: white, bell shaped (long flowering stalk)
Fruit: capsule

USES

Wildlife – pollinators/moth depends on this for its life cycle

Commercial – ornamental, made into baskets and soaps

TOLERANCE

Flood – Moderate
Cold – High
Drought – High

Yucca aloifolia

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NAMING

Scientific Name: Yucca aloifolia
Family: Agavaceae
Common: Spanish bayonet

HABITAT

Native to US but has been introduced to Caribbean
Habitat: banks of brackish water
Range: Louisiana -> North Carolina

Saint Augustine Moat: used to be full of water, but undermined structure.  Was filled with this yucca.

TREE TRUNK

Size: 20 ft
Bark: –

LEAVES

Monocot
Evergreen
rosette arranged
apex tips are spinosed
bases are broadly flaring
leaves on bottom die as it matures and stem grows
Stem: thick

REPRODUCTION

Flowers: encircling young leaves, white bell shape, short stalk
Fruit: terminal inflarescence

USES

Commercial – ornamental, removes liver flukes

Once they get tall enough they fall over and then it will propogate again from buds fern upright

TOLERANCES

Shade: intermediate
Flood: low
Salt: high
Drought: high
Fire: medium
Wind: High