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CLASSIFICATION
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LEAVES
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FLOWERS
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FRUIT
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STEM
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ECOLOGY
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CLASSIFICATION
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Common Name (Image)
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Scientific Name (Notes)
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Genus
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LV: Attachment
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LV: Shape
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LV: Edge
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LV: Apex/Base
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LV: Size/Surface
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FL: Petals/Sepals
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FL: Color
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FL: Arrangement
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FL: Size/Season
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FL: Stamen/Pistil/Ovary
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FR: Type
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FR: Color
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FR: Size/Season
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ST: Type/Size/Growth
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ST: Surface/Color
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ST: Buds/Roots
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EC: Edible
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EC: Habitat
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EC: Observations
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Common Name (Image)
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Scientific Name (Notes)
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Other Names
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Agavaceae: LV: u. basal rosette, whole, lanceolate/linear, sessile, u. spiny edge, u. apex acicular, fibrous and/or succulent, veins parallel; FL: 6 parts, green white yellow, raceme/panicle, large, terminal, petals fleshy imbricate, 6 stamens, 1 pistil 3-carpellate; FR: u. capsule, seeds u. black; ST: herb/shrub; EC: u. arid/semiarid
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u. basal rosette, sessile |
lanceolate/linear, whole |
u. spiny |
A: u. acicular |
fibrous and/or succulent, parallel venation |
P: 6, fleshy imbricate |
green white yellow |
raceme/panicle, terminal |
large |
S: 6; P: 1, 3-carpellate |
u. capsule |
seed u. black |
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herb/shrub |
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u. arid/semiarid |
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Agavaceae: LV: u. basal rosette, whole, lanceolate/linear, sessile, u. spiny edge, u. apex acicular, fibrous and/or succulent, veins parallel; FL: 6 parts, green white yellow, raceme/panicle, large, terminal, petals fleshy imbricate, 6 stamens, 1 pistil 3-carpellate; FR: u. capsule, seeds u. black; ST: herb/shrub; EC: u. arid/semiarid
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| Desert agave |
Agave deserti |
Agave |
Basal |
Linear, Whole |
Thorned |
A: Acuminate |
>12" |
6 parts |
Yellow |
Head-flat-topped |
Spring; Summer |
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>6' |
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stem cooked |
Desert |
AZ |
Desert agave |
Agave deserti |
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| Century plant |
Agave parryi |
Agave |
Basal |
Lanceolate |
Thorned |
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>12", Fleshy |
6 parts |
Yellow |
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stem cooked |
Desert; Grassland |
AZ |
Century plant |
Agave parryi |
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| Schott agave |
Agave schottii |
Agave |
Basal |
Lanceolate, Whole |
Fibers |
A: Acuminate |
>6" |
6 parts |
Yellow |
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>1", Spring; Summer; Fall |
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Capsule |
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<1" |
>6' |
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AZ |
Schott agave |
Agave schottii |
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| Wild hyacinth |
Camassia scilloides |
Camassia |
basal |
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6 parts |
blue |
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roadside |
Wmstn MA |
Wild hyacinth |
Camassia scilloides |
Atlantic camas, eastern camas |
| Sotol; |
Dasylirion wheeleri |
Dasylirion |
Basal |
Lanceolate |
Thorned |
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>12", Fleshy |
6 parts |
White; Green/Brown |
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Spring; Summer |
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Samara |
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>12' |
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stem cooked |
Desert; Grassland |
AZ |
Sotol; |
Dasylirion wheeleri |
Desert spoon |
| Beargrass |
Nolina microcarpa |
Nolina |
Basal |
Linear, Whole |
Serrate |
A: Acuminate |
>12" |
6 parts |
Green/Brown |
Raceme |
Spring |
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Shrub |
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Grassland/Fields |
AZ |
Beargrass |
Nolina microcarpa |
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| Narrow-leaved yucca |
Yucca angustissima |
Yucca |
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lanceolate, almost linear |
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white |
raceme, pendant on long stalk |
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capsule |
seed black |
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Grand Gulch, UT |
Narrow-leaved yucca |
Yucca angustissima |
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| Soaptree yucca |
Yucca elata |
Yucca |
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Lanceolate |
Spiny-toothed |
A: Acuminate |
>12" |
6 parts |
White |
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Tree, >6' |
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Flower raw; Fruit raw |
Desert |
AZ |
Soaptree yucca |
Yucca elata |
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| Beargrass; Spanish bayonet |
Yucca filamentosa |
Yucca |
basal |
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Grassland/Fields; Roadside |
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Beargrass; Spanish bayonet |
Yucca filamentosa |
Adam's needle and thread, common yucca, needle-palm, silk-grass, spoon-leaf yucca |
| Harriman's yucca |
Yucca harrimaniae |
Yucca |
basal |
Lanceolate |
fibrous |
A: Acuminate |
>12" |
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Capitol Reef NP UT |
Harriman's yucca |
Yucca harrimaniae |
Spanish bayonet |
| Our Lord's candle |
Yucca whipplei |
Yucca |
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Sequoia NP |
Our Lord's candle |
Yucca whipplei |
chaparral yucca, Spanish bayonet, Quixote yucca, foothill yucca |
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Common Name (Image)
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Scientific Name (Notes)
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Genus
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LV: Attachment
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LV: Shape
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LV: Edge
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LV: Apex/Base
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LV: Size/Surface
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FL: Petals/Sepals
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FL: Color
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FL: Arrangement
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FL: Size/Season
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FL: Stamen/Pistil/Ovary
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FR: Type
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FR: Color
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FR: Size/Season
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ST: Type/Size/Growth
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ST: Surface/Color
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ST: Buds/Roots
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EC: Edible
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EC: Habitat
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EC: Observations
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Common Name (Image)
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Scientific Name (Notes)
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Other Names
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CLASSIFICATION
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LEAVES
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FLOWERS
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FRUIT
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STEM
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ECOLOGY
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CLASSIFICATION
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