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§1 Plant
Agave americana L.
vernacular American century plant — species · Agavaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Agavaceae Dumort.
- Genus
- Agave
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 2 counties across 2 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 12 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 300 min.
- Precipitation
- 8–14 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–8
- Root depth
- 30 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 6 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Dense
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Indeterminate
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 15,000
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 2 counties across 2 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/AGAM ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2767031 ↗Record version
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