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Banana Yucca

Yucca baccata

The Banana Yucca is a special plant with long, sharp leaves and big, creamy flowers. Its fruit looks like a banana and is sweet and tasty! This plant is great for helping animals and people in the desert.

Lebensraum: Desert

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The Banana Yucca has stiff, sword-like blue-green leaves forming a basal rosette. Its tall stalk bears creamy white, bell-shaped flowers, followed by large, green, banana-shaped fruits.

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Banana Yucca

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

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Interessante Fakten

Its flowers only open at night to be pollinated by its unique Yucca Moth!

Its spiky leaves provide excellent hiding spots for small desert critters!

The "banana" in its name comes from its edible, curved, fleshy fruits!

This tough plant can live for over 100 years in the harsh desert!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Moth Matchmaker

Banana Yucca has a special partnership with the Yucca Moth for successful pollination and seed production.

Fähigkeit

Desert Drinker

Banana Yucca can store water in its thick roots and succulent-like leaves, helping it survive long droughts.

Fähigkeit

Fruity Feast Maker

Banana Yucca grows large, sweet, banana-shaped fruits that provide a vital food source for many desert animals.

Maße und Details

Höhe
50-300 cm
Ausbreitung
60-120 cm
Blütengröße
5-10 cm
Blütezeit
Spring to early summer
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Yucca Moth

Tegeticula yuccasella

The moth meticulously transfers pollen to fertilize the flowers.

eats

Mule Deer

Odocoileus hemionus

Deer browse on the leaves and flowers when other forage is scarce.

eats

American Black Bear

Ursus americanus

Bears feast on the sweet, ripe yucca fruits during late summer.

shelters

Deer Mouse

Peromyscus maniculatus

Mice hide among its sharp leaves and consume the abundant seeds.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Desert BananaYucca Fruit

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Be careful around the sharp leaves; they can poke you!

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Banana Yucca?

50-300 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Banana Yucca?

60-120 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Banana Yucca?

5-10 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Banana Yucca?

Spring to early summer

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Banana Yucca?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Banana Yucca?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Banana Yucca?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Banana Yucca?

Insekten

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