Sierra Madre Yucca (Yucca madrensis)

   

Sierra Madre Yucca, photograph by Wynn Anderson.

• Common Names: Sierra Madre Yucca
• Common Spanish Names: Izote de Montana
• Scientific Name: Yucca madrensis
• Family: Asparagaceae (formerly Agavaceae) (Asparagus Family)
• Geographic Range: Southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico; eastern Sonora and western Chihuahua in and along the margins of the northern portion of the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico.
• Description: Medium sized (to 10'), upright, low shrub to rarely branching arborescent (tree-like) plant with broad bluish-green leaves; multiple sharp pointed, blade-like leaves radiating from the crown of a thick semi-succulent trunk.
• Landscape Usage: Shade-tolerant accent plant. Seed-grown specimens are commercially available.
• Notes: Formerly known as Yucca schottii.

Last Update: 25 Aug 2013.