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SPECIES: Yucca glauca | Soapweed Yucca
ABBREVIATION : YUCGLA SYNONYMS : Yucca angustifolia Yucca arkansana SCS PLANT CODE : YUGL YUGLG2 YUGLG COMMON NAMES : soapweed yucca soapwell beargrass Great Plains yucca soapweed small soapweed TAXONOMY : The currently accepted scientific name of soapweed yucca is Yucca glauca Nutt. [11,24]. Commonly recognized varieties are: Y. glauca var. glauca [11,24] Y. glauca var. mollis Engelm. [11,24] Y. glauca var. gurneyi McKelvey [24] Soapweed yucca hybridizes with Spaniah bayonet (Y. harrimaniae), Buckley's yucca (Y. constricta), Spanish dagger (Y. arizonica), Thompson's yucca (Y. thompsoniana), banana yucca (Y. baccata), soaptree yucca (Y. elata), narrowleaf yucca (Y. angustissima), and Bailey's yucca (Y. baileyi) [45,46]. Webber [45] refered to a swarm made up of soapweed yucca, narrowleaf yucca, Bailey's yucca, and Buckley's yucca, which is characterized by much interbreeding and plants with variable, intermediate morphological characteristics. LIFE FORM : Shrub FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : No special status OTHER STATUS : Soapweed yucca is listed as vulnerable in Alberta and Saskatchewan [49]. COMPILED BY AND DATE : D. Tirmenstein, March, 1989. LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : NO-ENTRY AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : Tirmenstein, D. 1989. Yucca glauca. In: Remainder of Citation

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