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Great Plains Yucca

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Where is Yucca glauca found

Great plains Yucca grows well in xeric (dry) habitats throughout the great plains region. It’s found from Canada south to Texas and New Mexico.

Yucca-gluaca-range2

Interesting Yucca Facts:

  • The Great Plains Yucca is pollinated by the honey ant (Myrmecocystus mexicanus) among other species.
  • Seeds can be used for food.
  • Yucca was a traditional Native American medicinal plant.
  • You can make bread out of the roots
  • It forms colonies of plants via rosettes.
  • You can make soap out of it.

Yucca-glauca with Jaime Jelenchick

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