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Yucca aloifolia [4] is the type species for the genus Yucca. Common names include aloe yucca , [ 5 ] dagger plant , [ 6 ] and Spanish bayonet . It grows in sandy soils, especially on sand dunes along the coast.
Yucca is a genus of perennial shrubs and trees in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. [2] Its 40–50 species are notable for their rosettes of evergreen, tough, sword-shaped leaves and large terminal panicles of white or whitish flowers.
Yucca: yuccas; Yucca aloifolia: Spanish bayonet Agavaceae (agave family) Yucca brevifolia: Joshua tree Agavaceae (agave family) Yucca elephantipes: giant yucca Agavaceae (agave family) Yucca gloriosa: moundlily yucca Agavaceae (agave family) Yucca torreyi: Torrey's yucca; great yucca Agavaceae (agave family) Anacardiaceae: cashew family ...
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Humid laurel forest in La Gomera. Laurel and laurophyll forests have a patchy distribution in warm temperate regions, often occupying topographic refugia where the moisture from the ocean condenses so that it falls as rain or fog and soils have high moisture levels. [1]
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Hardy palms are any of the species of palm that are able to withstand brief periods of colder temperatures and even occasional snowfall.A few palms are native to higher elevations of South Asia where true winter conditions occur, while a few others are native to the warmer parts of the temperate zone in southern Europe, and others are native throughout temperate and subtropical locales in the ...
The taxonomy of the group has varied widely. In the APG III system of 2009, adopted here, the Agavoideae are defined very broadly to include the former family Agavaceae along with other formerly separate families such as Anemarrhenaceae, Chlorogalaceae, Hostaceae, Yuccaceae, Anthericaceae, Hesperocallidaceae, and Chlorogalaceae, based on data from molecular systematics. [3]