Yucca filamentosa

Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens only. View county names by placing the mouse cursor over a particular county.

Family:	AGAVACEAE
Species:	Yucca filamentosa L.
Common Name:	Adam's Needle; Bear Grass; Eastern Yucca
Habitat:	Dry, sandy regions.
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	Herb
Duration:	Perennial
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	YUFI
Plant Notes:	**
Taxonomic Notes:	**
Status:	Native, G5 (Global Rank)
References:	**

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Family	AGAVACEAE - Century-Plant family
Genus	Yucca
Species	Yucca filamentosa L. - Adam's Needle; Bear Grass; Eastern Yucca

Citation

Citation	Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 319. 1753.
Basionym:	**
Type:	Without data, Clayton 720 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Fernald, Rhodora 46: 8. 1944.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym
Yucca filamentosa var. media	Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus, var. media Carrière, Rev. Hort. 1860: 213. 1860.
Yucca filamentosa var. concava	Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus, var. concava (Haworth) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 228. 1880.	Yucca concava Haworth 1819.
Yucca filamentosa var. glaucescens	Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus, var. glaucescens (Haworth) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 228. 1880.	Yucca glaucescens Haworth 1819.
Yucca filamentosa var. puberula	Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus, var. puberula (Haworth) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 228. 1880.	Yucca puberula Haworth 1828.
Yucca flaccida var. glaucescens	Yucca flaccida Haworth, var. glaucescens (Haworth) Trelease, Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 13: 51. 1902.	Yucca glaucescens Haworth 1819.
Yucca flaccida var. orchioides	Yucca flaccida Haworth, var. orchioides (Carrière) Trelease, Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 13: 51. 1902.	Yucca orchioides Carrière 1861.
Yucca flaccida var. major	Yucca flaccida Haworth, var. major (Baker) Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 193. 1920.	Yucca orchioides Carrière, var. major Baker 1877.
Yucca freemanii	Yucca freemanii Shinners, Field & Lab. 19: 168. 1951
Yucca glaucescens	Yucca glaucescens Haworth, Suppl. Pl. Succ. 35. 1819.
Yucca louisianensis	Yucca louisianensis Trelease, Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 13: 64, pl. 32-34. 1902.
Yucca orchioides	Yucca orchioides Carrière, Rev. Hort. 1861: 37, f. 89-90. 1861.
Yucca orchioides var. major	Yucca orchioides Carrière, var. major Baker, Bot. Mag. 103: pl. 6316. 1877.
Yucca puberula	Yucca puberula Haworth, Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 2: 186. 1828.
Yucca smalliana	Yucca smalliana Fernald, Rhodora 46: 8. 1944.
Yucca filamentosa var. flaccida	Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus, var. flaccida (Haworth) Engelmann, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3: 52. 1873.	Yucca flaccida Haworth 1819.
Yucca filamentosa var. laevigata	Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus, var. laevigata Engelmann, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3: 52. 1873.
Yucca filamentosa var. smalliana	Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus, var. smalliana (Fernald) Ahles, J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 80: 172. 1964.	Yucca smalliana Fernald 1944.
Yucca flaccida	Yucca flaccida Haworth, Suppl. Pl. Succ. 34. 1819.
Yucca flaccida var. smalliana	Yucca flaccida Haworth, var. smalliana (Fernald) D. B. Ward, Novon 14: 366. 2004.	Yucca smalliana Fernald 1944.
Yucca concava	Yucca concava Haworth, Suppl. Pl. Succ. 34. 1819.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cleburne, Coffee, Colbert, Dale, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Houston, Jefferson, Lee, Lowndes, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Sumter, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1965 - 2022

Barcode / Accession No.	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
JSU109540	Cleburne	19 Jun 1995	Hruska, Susan E. 714	JSU Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_17336	Lee	21 Jun 1969	Miller, L.C. 043	AUA Yucca Filamentosa L.
AUA_ACC_41309	Lee	25 Jun 1972	Hudgins, Charles H. 028	AUA Yucca Filamentosa L.
UNA00007981	Tuscaloosa	20 Jun 1974	Hoener, Fred K. 1038	UNA Yucca filamentosa L. var. smalliana (Fern.) Ahles
ALNHS00000928	Baldwin	12 Dec 2007	Barger, T. Wayne Perd-240	ALNHS Yucca filamentosa L.
UNA00060147	Hale	04 Jun 2003	Haynes, Robert R. 10402	UNA Yucca filamentosa L.
JSU142844	Calhoun	18 Jun 1985	Peppers, Julia 005	JSU Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus
UWAL0009533	Marengo	27 Jun 2011	England, J. Kevin 2959	UWAL Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus
SAMF0003177	Bibb	10 Jun 2015	Davenport, Lawrence J. 5899	SAMF Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus
AMAL00022629	Tallapoosa	31 Jul 2015	Taylor, Chris T. SP#1898	AMAL Yucca filamentosa L.
JSU109601	Calhoun	01 Dec 1986	Lawler, Carol L. 1480	JSU Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_46000	Houston	9 Jun 1971	Kral, Robert 43154	AUA Yucca Filamentosa L.
UWAL0003436	Sumter	10 Jul 2006	Keener, Brian R. 3822	UWAL Yucca filamentosa L.
UNA00007916	Mobile	13 Jun 1965	Deramus, Rebecca D539	UNA Yucca filamentosa L. var. smalliana (Fern.) Ahles
SAMF0000662	Jefferson	21 May 1955	Wade, Albert s.n.	SAMF Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus
AMAL00019650	Monroe	04 Jul 2011	Barger, T. Wayne 153	AMAL Yucca filamentosa L.
AUA000040361	Houston	27 May 2015	Barger, T. Wayne DTP147	AUA Yucca Filamentosa L.
AUA_ACC_21385	Lee	24 May 1970	Murchison, Grover R. 184	AUA Yucca Filamentosa L.
UNA00007968	Lowndes	09 Jul 1988	Burckhalter, Robert 1412	UNA Yucca filamentosa L.
UNA00007911	Tuscaloosa	26 May 1977	Cox, Cathy 48	UNA Yucca filamentosa L.
UNA00007991	Greene	06 Jun 1967	Naugle, Helen E. G 353	UNA Yucca filamentosa L. var. smalliana (Fern.) Ahles
SAMF0000664	Bibb	02 Jun 2005	Davenport, Lawrence J. 3195	SAMF Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus
SAMF0000666	Bibb	23 May 2008	Davenport, Lawrence J. 3850	SAMF Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_36001	Bibb	17 Oct 1979	Beckett, Scott W. 382	AUA Yucca Filamentosa L.
UWAL0050637		18 May 1970	Redmond, Bill 108	UWAL Yucca filamentosa L.
UWAL0043907	Baldwin	30 Sep 2007	Larsen, Harry S. 1642	UWAL Yucca filamentosa L.
UNA00007999	Bibb	26 Jun 1988	Burckhalter, Robert 1411	UNA Yucca filamentosa L.
UNA00007996	Tuscaloosa	23 May 1974	Cunningham, Alan s.n.	UNA Yucca filamentosa L.
AUA_ACC_51788	Dale	19 Jul 1989	Diamond, Alvin R. 5948	AUA Yucca Filamentosa L.
USAM000000843	Mobile	20 Apr 1974	LeLong, Michel G. 7655	USAM Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus
SAMF0000663	Blount	01 Jun 1956	Avery, J.C. s.n.	SAMF Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus
JSU109539	Randolph	02 Jun 1988	Nixon, Christopher F. 3899	JSU Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus
UWAL0003435	Sumter	10 Jul 2006	Keener, Brian R. 3822	UWAL Yucca filamentosa L.
JSU146023	Calhoun	21 May 1993	Hutchinson, Francine 1522	JSU Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus
TROY000009849	Coffee	13 Jul 2000	Martin, Brian H. 779	TROY Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus
TROY000009851	Pike	20 May 1989	Hughes, Michelle 30	TROY Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus
SAMF0003045	Jefferson	25 Jun 2006	Davenport, Lawrence J. 3481	SAMF Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus
TROY000009850	Dale	29 Aug 1997	Rundell, Hannelore 402	TROY Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus
JSU109603	Randolph	01 Apr 1985	Nixon, Christopher F. 1198	JSU Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_13882	Russell	13 May 1966	Simons, E.E.	AUA Yucca Filamentosa L.
UNA00009238	Randolph	Spring 1985	Nixon, Christopher F. 1198	UNA Yucca filamentosa L.
AUA_ACC_49336	Pike	12 Jun 1988	Diamond, Alvin R. 4995	AUA Yucca Filamentosa L.
SAMF0002916	Greene	20 Jun 2014	Davenport, Lawrence J. 5609	SAMF Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_1858	Lee	25 Aug 1954	Braswell, J.B.	AUA Yucca Filamentosa L.
UNA00009238	Randolph	Spring 1985	Nixon, C.F. 1198	UNA Yucca filamentosa L.
ALNHS00002866	Colbert	11 Mar 2014	Barger, T. Wayne FH-238	ALNHS Yucca filamentosa L.
UNA00060141	Hale	04 Jun 2003	Haynes, Robert R. 10402	UNA Yucca filamentosa L.
SAMF0000665	Bibb	18 May 2011	Davenport, Lawrence J. 4681	SAMF Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus
UNA00007966	Sumter	11 Jun 1969	Thomas, Joab L. 2193	UNA Yucca filamentosa L.
JSU146025	Calhoun	21 May 1993	Hutchinson, Francine 1521	JSU Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus
UNA00007971	Mobile	s.d.	Mohr, Charles s.n.	UNA Yucca filamentosa L.
UWAL0057082	Dallas	10 Jun 2022	England, Kevin J. 13020	UWAL Yucca filamentosa L.
UNA00007986	Hale	17 Jul 1965	Maginness, Sherrie E. 41	UNA Yucca filamentosa L.
TROY000035957	Marengo	27 Jun 2011	England, J. Kevin 2959	TROY Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus
JSU109602	Randolph	01 Apr 1985	Nixon, Christopher F. 1198	JSU Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus
UNA00060148	Hale	04 Jun 2003	Haynes, Robert R. 10402	UNA Yucca filamentosa L.
JSU129288	Cleburne	18 Jun 1985	Peppers, Julia 5	JSU Yucca filamentosa Linnaeus

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Data last modified: 11/9/2024

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Citation Information:

Keener, B.R., A.R. Diamond, T.W. Barger, L.J. Davenport, P.G. Davison, S.L. Ginzbarg, C.J. Hansen, D.D. Spaulding, J.K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2024. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

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