PLANTS Profile for Yucca aloifolia (aloe yucca)

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Yucca aloifolia L.
aloe yucca

Symbol:

YUAL

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Agavaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		I
VI		I

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Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, GA, Savanah. Usage Requirements.

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Yucca aloifolia L.

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Distribution:
Yucca aloifolia L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Yucca aloifolia L.

View 10 genera in Agavaceae, 30 species in Yucca

Classification:
Yucca aloifolia L.

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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 aloifolia L. – aloe yucca

Introduced Information:
Yucca aloifolia L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Yucca aloifolia L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Yucca aloifolia L.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505784.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

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