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Kerm<strong>at</strong>h, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in <strong>the</strong> Americs<br />

NATURAL RANGE: California<br />

REFERENCES: Yanovsky 1936<br />

Yucca schidigera Roezl. ex Ortgies.<br />

FAMILY: Agavaceae (agave) or Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis)<br />

ENGLISH: Mohave yucca, Mojave yucca, Spanish dagger, wild d<strong>at</strong>e<br />

SPANISH: dátil, palmilla, yuca, yucca<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruits, young stems, and flowers are edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Sou<strong>the</strong>rn California, sou<strong>the</strong>rn Nevada, western<br />

Arizona, southwestern Utah, and Baja California del Norte<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Hickman 1993, Munz 1974, Tanaka 1976,<br />

USDA-NRCS 2004<br />

Yucca schottii Engelm.<br />

FAMILY: Agavaceae (agave) or Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis)<br />

ENGLISH: yucca<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruit is edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Sonoran Desert <strong>of</strong> Arizona and presumably Mexico<br />

REFERENCES: Shreve and Wiggins 1964, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Yucca smalliana Fern. [syn. Y. filamentosa var. smalliana (Fern.)<br />

Ahles]<br />

FAMILY: Agavaceae (agave) or Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis)<br />

ENGLISH: Adam’s needle, beargrass<br />

USES/NOTES: Flowers are edible. Also used increasingly as a<br />

landscape specimen. Godfrey says th<strong>at</strong> Y. smalliana should be<br />

included under Y. flaccida.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: North America<br />

REFERENCES: Fernald 1950, Godfrey 1988, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes), Rolfsmeier<br />

et al. 1987, W<strong>at</strong>kins and Sheehan 1975<br />

Yucca torreyi Schaeffer [syn. Y. macrocarpa (Torrey) Cov.]<br />

FAMILY: Agavaceae (agave) or Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis)<br />

ENGLISH: Spanish dagger, Torrey’s yucca<br />

SPANISH: palma criolla<br />

USES/NOTES: Seeds and young flower stalks are edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Southwestern U.S. and Mexico<br />

REFERENCES: Faucon 1998, Kunkel 1984, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Yucca treculeana Carrière<br />

FAMILY: Agavaceae (agave) or Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis)<br />

ENGLISH: Spanish bayonet, Spanish dagger<br />

SPANISH: coyol, izote<br />

USES/NOTES: Flowers are e<strong>at</strong>en boiled <strong>the</strong>n fried, and fruit is e<strong>at</strong>en<br />

as a snack or made into a fermented beverage.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Mexico and southwestern U.S.<br />

REFERENCES: Alcorn 1984, Correll and Johnston 1970, Kunkel 1984,<br />

Yanovsky 1936<br />

Yucca valida Brandegee<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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