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Yucca rostrata

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Scientific name
  
Yucca rostrata

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Species

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Order
  
Subfamily
  
Agavoideae

Higher classification
  
Yucca rostrata Yucca rostrata blue swan

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Yucca, Yucca thompsoniana, Yucca gloriosa, Yucca faxoniana, Yucca aloifolia

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Yucca rostrata also called beaked yucca, is a tree-like plant belonging to the genus Yucca. The species is native to Texas, Chihuahua and Coahuila.

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Yucca rostrata has a trunk up to 4.5 meters tall, with a crown of leaves at the top.. Leaves are thin, stiff, up to 60 cm long but rarely more than 15 mm wide, tapering to a sharp point at the tip. The inflorescence is a large panicle 100 cm tall, with white flowers.

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Cultivation

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As one of the hardiest trunk-forming yuccas, Yucca rostrata can be grown successfully outdoors down to USDA hardiness zone 5 and is popular in the Southwestern United States. The tree-like plant is commonly seen in El Paso, Texas, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Denver, Colorado.

Cultivars

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    References

    Yucca rostrata Wikipedia