Agavaceae > Yucca
South Core Banks, Carteret Co., NC
19 July 2008
Uncommon in NC in sand dune habitats along the immediate coast.
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Spanish Bayonet, Spanish Dagger (Yucca aloifolia) South Core Banks, Carteret Co., NC 19 July 2008 Uncommon in NC in sand dune habitats along the immediate coast. |
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Yucca, Adam's Needle, Bear-Grass (Yucca filamentosa) Bladen Co., NC 25 Mar 2007 Caterpillar host plant for Yucca Giant-Skippers, this uncommon plant, commonly called Bear Grass, Yucca or Adam's Needles, occurs in dry, open woodlands across NC. |
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Yucca, Adam's Needle, Bear-Grass (Yucca filamentosa) Bladen Co., NC 25 Mar 2007 Named for the "filaments" of tissue that peel off the sides of the leaves, Yucca filamentosa is colonial and often many plants are fouund in a given area. |
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Yucca, Adam's Needle, Bear-Grass (Yucca filamentosa) Pender Co., NC 23 Apr 2006 |
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Spanish Dagger, Moundlily Yucca (Yucca gloriosa) Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Dare Co., NC 12 Nov 2006 Rare in NC, Yucca gloriosa is found in a few counties along the coast growing in dunes and shell middens. |
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Spanish Dagger, Moundlily Yucca (Yucca gloriosa) Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Dare Co., NC 12 Nov 2006 |
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Spanish Dagger, Moundlily Yucca (Yucca gloriosa) Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Dare Co., NC 12 Nov 2006 |
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Spanish Dagger, Moundlily Yucca (Yucca gloriosa) Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Dare Co., NC 12 Nov 2006 Yucca gloriosa is a shrub whose woody stem will elevate the rosette of leaves off the ground after many years of growth. |
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Spanish Dagger, Moundlily Yucca (Yucca gloriosa) Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Dare Co., NC 12 Nov 2006 Typical vegetated dune habitat for Spanish Dagger. |
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Spanish Dagger, Moundlily Yucca (Yucca gloriosa) Sunset Beach, Brunswick Co., NC 24 Nov 2007 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
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