§1 Plant
Yucca glauca Nutt.
vernacular soapweed yucca — species · Agavaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Agavaceae Dumort.
- Genus
- Yucca
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 279 counties across 11 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 140 min.
- Precipitation
- 7–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 7–8.5
- Root depth
- 6 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 1 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 1 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 24,850
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Field Collections Only
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 279 counties across 11 states/territories.
Colorado view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Arapahoe 08005
- Baca 08009
- Bent 08011
- Boulder 08013
- Cheyenne 08017
- Conejos 08021
- Custer 08027
- Denver 08031
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Fremont 08043
- Jefferson 08059
- Kiowa 08061
- Kit Carson 08063
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Mineral 08079
- Otero 08089
- Prowers 08099
- Pueblo 08101
- San Juan 08111
- Sedgwick 08115
- Teller 08119
- Washington 08121
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Iowa view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 65 N ▾
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Cloud 20029
- Comanche 20033
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Lane 20101
- Lincoln 20105
- Logan 20109
- Marion 20115
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Morton 20129
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wallace 20199
- Wichita 20203
Missouri view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Custer 30017
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Golden Valley 30037
- Hill 30041
- McCone 30055
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Powder River 30075
- Prairie 30079
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Antelope 31003
- Banner 31007
- Blaine 31009
- Boone 31011
- Boyd 31015
- Cass 31025
- Cedar 31027
- Cherry 31031
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Deuel 31049
- Dixon 31051
- Frontier 31063
- Furnas 31065
- Garden 31069
- Grant 31075
- Greeley 31077
- Hall 31079
- Harlan 31083
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Kearney 31099
- Knox 31107
- Lincoln 31111
- Madison 31119
- Morrill 31123
- Nance 31125
- Pierce 31139
- Red Willow 31145
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sioux 31165
- Stanton 31167
- Thayer 31169
- Thomas 31171
- Webster 31181
New Mexico view state ↗ 11 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Alfalfa 40003
- Atoka 40005
- Blaine 40011
- Bryan 40013
- Caddo 40015
- Canadian 40017
- Cimarron 40025
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Custer 40039
- Grady 40051
- Harmon 40057
- Harper 40059
- Jackson 40065
- Latimer 40077
- Logan 40083
- McClain 40087
- McCurtain 40089
- Murray 40099
- Oklahoma 40109
- Payne 40119
- Pontotoc 40123
- Roger Mills 40129
- Texas 40139
- Woods 40151
South Dakota view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Andrews 48003
- Armstrong 48011
- Bailey 48017
- Borden 48033
- Briscoe 48045
- Brown 48049
- Callahan 48059
- Carson 48065
- Childress 48075
- Cochran 48079
- Cottle 48101
- Crane 48103
- Crockett 48105
- Dallam 48111
- Dawson 48115
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Dickens 48125
- Donley 48129
- Ector 48135
- Floyd 48153
- Gaines 48165
- Garza 48169
- Glasscock 48173
- Gray 48179
- Hall 48191
- Hansford 48195
- Hartley 48205
- Hemphill 48211
- Hockley 48219
- Howard 48227
- Hutchinson 48233
- Irion 48235
- Jackson 48239
- Lamb 48279
- Loving 48301
- Lubbock 48303
- Martin 48317
- Midland 48329
- Motley 48345
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Parmer 48369
- Potter 48375
- Randall 48381
- Reeves 48389
- Roberts 48393
- Runnels 48399
- Scurry 48415
- Sterling 48431
- Taylor 48441
- Terry 48445
- Tom Green 48451
- Upton 48461
- Ward 48475
- Wheeler 48483
- Winkler 48495
- Yoakum 48501
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/YUGL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2775497 ↗Record version
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