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Yuccas are widely grown as ornamental plants in gardens. Many species also bear edible parts, including fruits, seeds, flowers, flowering stems, [13] and (more rarely) roots. References to yucca root as food often arise from confusion with the similarly pronounced, but botanically unrelated, yuca, also called cassava or manioc (Manihot esculenta).
The Joshua tree is called "hunuvat chiy'a" or "humwichawa" by the indigenous Cahuilla. [11] It is also called izote de desierto (Spanish, "desert dagger"). [12] It was first formally described in the botanical literature as Yucca brevifolia by George Engelmann in 1871 as part of the Geological Exploration of the 100th meridian (or "Wheeler Survey").
Yucca gloriosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to the southeastern United States. Growing to 2.5 m (8 ft), it is an evergreen shrub. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental for its architectural qualities, and has reportedly become established in warmer climates in the wild in various parts of the world.
In the early 1900s, there were 328 plantations identified in North Carolina from extant records. [ 10 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The Sloop Point plantation in Pender County, built in 1729, is the oldest surviving plantation house and the second oldest house surviving in North Carolina, after the Lane House (built in 1718–1719 and not part of a plantation).
Bear Grass is a town in Martin County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 73 at the 2010 census. Geography ... a type of yucca (Yucca flaccida) that ...
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Hesperoyucca whipplei (syn. Yucca whipplei), the chaparral yucca, [2] our Lord's candle, [2] Spanish bayonet, [3] Quixote yucca [2] or foothill yucca, [4] is a species of flowering plant closely related to, and formerly usually included in, the genus Yucca. It is native to southwest communities of North America.
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