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''Y. filamentosa'' occurs in environments such as sand ridges, scrubs, thickets, dunes, sand pine-sand live oak scrubs, and open pine woods. It also grows in areas prone to human disturbance such as slash pine plantations, roadsides, old fields, and forest margins. ''Y. filamentosa'' will usually be found in open areas with sandy soils.<ref name = fsu> Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2023. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Billy Boothe, Robert K. Godfrey, K. MacClendon, and Travis MacClendon. States and counties: Alabama: Madison. Florida: Calhoun, Bay, Gadsden, Jackson, Franklin, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, Volusia, and Washington. North Carolina: Brunswick.</ref>
 
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Revision as of 14:44, 21 June 2023

Yucca filamentosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order: Liliales
Family: Agavaceae
Genus: Yucca
Species: Y. filamentosa
Binomial name
Yucca filamentosa
L.
YUCC FILA dist..jpg
Natural range of Yucca filamentosa from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Adam's needle, spoonleaf Yucca, curlyleaf Yucca

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms:

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Y. filamentosa occurs in environments such as sand ridges, scrubs, thickets, dunes, sand pine-sand live oak scrubs, and open pine woods. It also grows in areas prone to human disturbance such as slash pine plantations, roadsides, old fields, and forest margins. Y. filamentosa will usually be found in open areas with sandy soils.[1]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2023. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Billy Boothe, Robert K. Godfrey, K. MacClendon, and Travis MacClendon. States and counties: Alabama: Madison. Florida: Calhoun, Bay, Gadsden, Jackson, Franklin, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, Volusia, and Washington. North Carolina: Brunswick.