Yucca gloriosa
Yucca gloriosa · also Spanish dagger, Mound lily yucca, Adam's leedle
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Yucca gloriosa is an evergreen shrub to small tree native to the southeastern United States. It forms basal rosettes of stiff, sword-shaped leaves and develops a thick, woody trunk with maturity, producing clusters of white, bell-shaped flowers from spring to mid-summer. This decorative plant tolerates heat, drought, and salt.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 2,2670.48%35 yr7.5 in
- 3860.29%—9.0 in
- 290.01%—6.5 in
- 260.32%——
- 50.00%—15 in
Traits
- Form
- Ornamental
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 5–10 ft
- Canopy spread
- 6–10 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- High
- Tolerates
- coastal, salt
- Blooms
- Apr, May, Jun, Jul
Trunk diameters across every city: median 7.5 in, mean 8.3 in, 90th percentile 18 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.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Mississippi lowland forests
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands
- Mid-Atlantic US coastal savannas
Other Yucca in the catalogue
5 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
