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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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