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Yucca filamentosa L.
Adam's needle

   
Symbol: YUFI
Group: Monocot
Family: Agavaceae
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Subshrub
Shrub
Forb/herb
Native Status:  
L48    N



Photograph of Yucca filamentosa L.
©Larry Allain. USGS NWRC.
 
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Synonyms:
Yucca filamentosa L.

  YUCO3 Yucca concava Haw.
  YUFIC Yucca filamentosa L. var. concava (Haw.) Baker
 

Distribution by State:
Yucca filamentosa L.

Distributional Map for Yucca filamentosa L.
Distribution Map Legend

Yucca filamentosa L. distribution:
USA (AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, WI, WV

 

Related Taxa:
Yucca filamentosa L.

10 genera in Agavaceae, 30 species in Yucca
 

Classification:
Yucca filamentosa L.

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision   Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division   Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class   Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass   Liliidae
Order   Liliales
Family   Agavaceae – Century-plant family
Genus   Yucca L. – yucca
Species   Yucca filamentosa L. – Adam's needle
 

 

 
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