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Mojave yucca (Yucca schidigera) Valle de los Cirios, BC, Mexico. Mar 4, 2015. Geotagged,Mexico,Mojave yucca,Winter,Yucca schidigera Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Mojave yucca (Yucca schidigera)

Valle de los Cirios, BC, Mexico. Mar 4, 2015.

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''Yucca schidigera'', also known as the Mojave yucca or Spanish Dagger, is a flowering plant that is native to the Mojave Desert, Chihuahuan Desert and Sonoran Desert of southeastern California, Baja California, New Mexico, southern Nevada and Arizona.

This yucca typically grows on rocky desert slopes and creosote desert flats between 300–1,200 metres altitude, rarely up to 2,500 metres . They thrive in full sun and in soil with excellent drainage. It also needs no summer water. It.. more

Similar species: Agaves, Aloes, Onions
Species identified by Thibaud Aronson
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Uploaded Aug 6, 2016. Captured Mar 4, 2015 13:12 in Guerrero Negro - Lázaro Cárdenas, Arroyo Grande, B.C., Mexico.
  • PENTAX K-3
  • f/6.3
  • 1/2000s
  • ISO400
  • 60mm