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common yucca

Yucca filamentosa

The common yucca is a tall plant with sharp, spiky leaves and beautiful white flowers. It loves sunny places and can grow in dry areas, making it a tough survivor in nature!

Lebensraum: Desert

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The common yucca has stiff, sword-shaped, blue-green leaves often with curly white threads along their edges. A tall, central stalk rises from the rosette, bearing numerous creamy-white, bell-shaped flowers. It stands out with its spiky, architectural form.

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

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Interessante Fakten

Ancient people used yucca roots to make bouncy ropes!

Its flower stalk can grow taller than a basketball hoop!

Some people call it "Adam's Needle" because its leaves are so sharp!

The yucca's special moth babies hatch inside its flowers!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Moth Matchmaker

Common yucca has a unique partnership with the yucca moth, which is the only insect that can pollinate its flowers, helping it reproduce.

Fähigkeit

Water Wisdom

Yucca can store water in its thick leaves and roots, an adaptation that helps it survive and thrive in very dry places.

Fähigkeit

Spiky Shield

Its tough, sharp, pointed leaves create a natural barrier, which helps the yucca defend itself from hungry plant-eaters.

Maße und Details

Höhe
60-250 cm
Ausbreitung
60-90 cm
Blütengröße
5-8 cm
Blütezeit
Late spring to early summer
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Leicht
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Yucca moth

Tegeticula yuccasella

The moth is the only pollinator for yucca flowers.

depends on

Yucca moth

Tegeticula yuccasella

The moth lays its eggs inside the yucca flowers.

symbiotic with

Humans

Homo sapiens

Cultivated for ornamental beauty and traditional uses.

eaten by

White-tailed deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Deer occasionally browse young yucca shoots.

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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 common yucca?

60-250 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von common yucca?

60-90 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von common yucca?

5-8 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von common yucca?

Late spring to early summer

Was ist der/die/das essbar von common yucca?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von common yucca?

Leicht

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von common yucca?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von common yucca?

Insekten

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