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Scientific Name
Yucca filamentosa
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Yucca filamentosa L.
Park
Kings Mountain National Military Park (KIMO)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
Adam's needle, COMMON YUCCA
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
KingdomPlantae
SubkingdomViridiplantae
Infrakingdom Streptophyta
Superdivision Embryophyta
DivisionTracheophyta
SubdivisionSpermatophytina
ClassMagnoliopsida
SuperorderLilianae
OrderAsparagales
FamilyAsparagaceae
GenusYucca
SpeciesYucca filamentosa
Occurrence
Present
Occurrence Notes
Around the remnants of what appears to be an old homesite on the top of a hill in shady upland woods; Data Source: Kennemore 1995
Nativeness
Native
Nativeness Notes
Data Source: http://plants.usda.gov, 10 August 2007
Abundance
Uncommon
Abundance Notes
Sc; Data Source: Kennemore 1995
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
0
References
2
Vouchers
1
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
sjd-MACA
Created Date
1/11/2002 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
E.L.Jones NatureServe
Last Modified Date
9/28/2007 12:00:00 AM
Notes
Park Species Detail: Kennemore has a slight variation in the definition of the abundance field. The Abundance details describes Kennemore's descriptions: R=Rare, VR=Very Rare, Sc=Scarce, Infreq=Infrequent, Occ=Occasional, Freq=Frequent, C=Common, Park Species Data Source: Radford et al. 1968; Kennemore 1995
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