Yucca aloifolia
Aloe yucca · also Dagger plant, Spanish bayonet, Spanish dagger
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Yucca aloifolia is a shrub or small tree growing up to 4 meters tall, often forming clumps with rigid, dark green leaves ending in a sharp spine. It produces creamy-white flowers. This species thrives in sandy soils, particularly on coastal dunes in seasonally dry tropical climates.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 5,0840.35%——
- 110.00%36 yr7.5 in
- 10.00%——
Traits
- Mature height
- 13.1 ft
- Soil
- Sandy
- Water needs
- Low
- Tolerates
- coastal, salt
Trunk diameters across every city: median 7.5 in, mean 6.5 in, 90th percentile 7.5 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Coniferous Forests
- Bermuda subtropical conifer forests
- Central American pine-oak forests
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
- Central American dry forests
- Southern Pacific dry forests
Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands
- Western Gulf coastal grasslands
Other Yucca in the catalogue
5 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
