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Yucca schidigeraYucca schidigera |
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The Yucca schidigera is found mainly in valleys with deep and sandy soil, gentle sloped hills and rocky canyons, at altitudes between 1000 and 1400 meters over sea level. It is part of the desert vegetation and in higher elevations it is found mixed with plants of the Juniperus gender.
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The
Yucca schidigera is an endemic plant and its natural habitat ranges
from the southwestern part of Nevada and Arizona, central and southern
California in the U.S. to the desert of Baja California, Mexico. The plant
grows up to 4 to 5 meters in approximately 15 to 20 years. It has an erect
or inclined stem and may or may not have ramifications. Its leaves measure
from 31 to 105 cm in length by 3-5 wide being concave-convex, wider at the
middle, green yellowish in color. Its flowers are balloon shaped, white or
cream colored and generally purple at the base.