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Yucca torreyi
Yucca torreyi
Shaggy Yucca
Photographer: E. Wynn Anderson

ID: 0000 0000 0218 1032 (2018-02-14)

Copyright © 2018 Wynn Anderson

 
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  • date of photo  Mar 7, 2015
  • latitude 29.28760   longitude 103.50390     View on Google Maps.
  • location   Old Maverick Road, graded road to Santa Elena Canyon, 0.7 miles south of Maverick Junction and paved highway east to Panther Junction, west to TX 118 & Study Butte, Big Bend National Park (Brewster County, Texas, US)
  • family Asparagaceae
  • plant community   Chihuahuan Desert scrub at 2733' (833m)''
  • notes   on volcanic silts and gravel of flat plain. Status of Y. torreyi is unclear or confused, being variously considered a synonym of either Y. faxoniana or Y. treculeana by some, or a legitimate taxa by others. Until the matter is better resolved, there is justification for leaving it as is.
  • keywords: CDR, Chihuahuan Desert, Big Bend
  • contributor's ID #  CDR 988
  • photo category: Plant - tree/shrub

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Shaggy Yucca (photographer)
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