OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 6 taxa in the family Agavaceae, Agave family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Spanish Dagger, Aloe Yucca

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Yucca aloifolia   FAMILY: Agavaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Yucca aloifolia   FAMILY: Agavaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Yucca aloifolia 041-12-001   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Dunes; also cultivated and persistent

Uncommon in Coastal Plain (waifs in NC Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Mound-lily Yucca, Spanish Bayonet

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Yucca gloriosa   FAMILY: Agavaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Yucca gloriosa   FAMILY: Agavaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Yucca gloriosa 041-12-002   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Dunes, shell middens, also regularly cultivated and often persistent or weakly escaped around old homesites inland

Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, rare in NC

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Curve-leaf Yucca

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Yucca recurvifolia   FAMILY: Agavaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Yucca recurvifolia   FAMILY: Agavaceae

 

Habitat: Dunes, dry sandy soils

Rare

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Beargrass, Spoonleaf Yucca, Curlyleaf Yucca

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Yucca filamentosa   FAMILY: Agavaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Yucca filamentosa   FAMILY: Agavaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Yucca filamentosa var. filamentosa 041-12-003a   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Woodlands, forests, dunes, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Weakleaf Yucca

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Yucca flaccida   FAMILY: Agavaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Yucca flaccida   FAMILY: Agavaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Yucca filamentosa var. smalliana 041-12-003b   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Thin soils around rock outcrops, woodlands, roadsides, disturbed areas

Uncommon in GA, rare in the Carolinas

Native to parts of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Eastern Agave, Eastern False-aloe, Rattlesnake-master, American Aloe

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Agave virginica   FAMILY: Agavaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Manfreda virginica   FAMILY: Agavaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Agave virginica 044-08-001   FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae

 

Habitat: Granite flatrocks, diabase glades, limestone and dolomite barrens and glades, xeric woodlands over mafic or calcareous rocks, sandhill woodlands, dry roadbanks

Uncommon in GA & SC, rare in NC

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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"While newspaper headlines and media sound bites frequently herald the plight of endangered animals, plants are often overlooked.... Indeed, imperiled plant habitats are a first step in the loss of many animal species which those plants support." — Linda Chafin, Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia