PLANTS Profile for Yucca brevifolia (Joshua tree)

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PLANTS Profile

Yucca brevifolia Engelm.
Joshua tree

Symbol:

YUBR

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Agavaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Yucca brevifolia Engelm.

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Distribution:
Yucca brevifolia Engelm.


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USA (AZ, CA, NV, UT)

Related Taxa:
Yucca brevifolia Engelm.

View 10 genera in Agavaceae, 30 species in Yucca or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Yucca brevifolia Engelm. var. brevifolia. .

Yucca brevifolia var. brevifolia
Joshua tree

Distribution of Yucca brevifolia Engelm. var. jaegeriana McKelvey. .

Yucca brevifolia var. jaegeriana
Jaeger's Joshua tree

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Yucca brevifolia Engelm.

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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 brevifolia Engelm. – Joshua tree

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Yucca brevifolia Engelm.

The related entities italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
Yucca brevifolia var. brevifolia
Joshua tree		Salvage restricted
Yucca brevifolia var. jaegeriana
		Salvage restricted
Nevada:
Yucca brevifolia var. brevifolia
Joshua tree		Protected as a Cactus, Yucca, or Christmas tree
Yucca brevifolia var. jaegeriana
dwarf joshua tree		Protected as a Cactus, Yucca, or Christmas tree

More Accounts and Images:
Yucca brevifolia Engelm.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 565605.

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

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 04:41 PM CDT