Yucca faxoniana
Sarg.
Asparagaceae
Samuela faxonia Trel.
Sarcoyucca australis (Trel.) Linding.
Sarcoyucca macrocarpa (Torr.) Linding.
Yucca australis Trel. (1893)
Yucca australis valida M.E.Jones
Yucca baccata macrocarpa Torr.
Yucca macrocarpa (Torr.) Coville
Yucca torreyi Shafer
Common Name:
General Information
Yucca faxoniana is an evergreen, succulent, rosette-forming perennial plant with leaves that can be 43 - 115cm long and 3 - 8cm wide. The plant gradually develops a trunk that can be simple or with 2 - 4 branches, growing up to 5 metres long and around 30cm in diameter[
1838- Title
- Ethnobotany of Agave lecheguilla and Yucca carnerosana in Mexico's Zona Ixtlera
- Publication
- Economic Botany, Vol. 34, No. 4 (Oct. - Dec., 1980), pp. 376-390
- Author
- Sheldon S.
- Website
- http://www.jstor.org/stable/4254218
- Publisher
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- Year
- 1980
- ISBN
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- Description
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The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of fibre. An ornamental plant, it is often used in landscaping in the arid regions of New Mexico, Arizona and Texas[
338- Title
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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- http://www.iucnredlist.org/
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- A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
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Yucca faxoniana has a wide range and even though it is scarce, it has no major threats and it occurs within protected areas. Even though it occurs in an area that has been shifting for cattle ranching, it occurs in drier areas that are not as threatened by this activity. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2020)[
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- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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- http://www.iucnredlist.org/
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- 0
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- A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
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Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
270- Title
- Flora of N. America
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- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/
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- An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses.
Range
Southern N. America - southeastern New Mexico, western Texas, northeastern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila)
Habitat
Rocky and gravelly mountain slopes, plains in xerophyllous scrub.; at elevations from 800 - 2,100 metres[
338- Title
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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- http://www.iucnredlist.org/
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- A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
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Properties
| Conservation Status | Least Concern |
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Height | 0.00 m |
| Pollinators | Moth |
| Cultivation Status | Ornamental, Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
Fruits pendent, baccate, indehiscent, elongate, 3.6 - 13.6 × 1.8 - 3.6 cm, fleshy, succulent[
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- Flora of N. America
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- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/
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- An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses.
]. We have no specific information on edibility, but this species is close to Yucca baccata which has edible fruits[
K- Title
- Plants for a Future
- Author
- Ken Fern
- Description
- Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips.
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Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
A fibre obtained from the leaves is used by native peoples[
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- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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- http://www.iucnredlist.org/
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- A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
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Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Temperate Plants Database 2016 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
