Yucca carnerosana

Botanical Description

Yucca carnerosana is an evergreen, succulent, rosette-forming perennial plant with leaves that can be 60 - 110cm long and 6 - 8cm wide. The plant gradually develops a usually unbranched trunk that can be 1.5 - 6 metres long and 15 - 25cm in diameter[ 1838 Title Ethnobotany of Agave lecheguilla and Yucca carnerosana in Mexico's Zona Ixtlera Publication Economic Botany, Vol. 34, No. 4 (Oct. - Dec., 1980), pp. 376-390 Author Sheldon S. Website http://www.jstor.org/stable/4254218 Publisher Year 1980 ISBN Description ]. The plant is sometimes harvested on a commercial scale for the fibres obtained from the leaves[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. Yucca carnerosana has a wide range, is abundant and even though there are threats in parts of its range, especially from the expansion of cattle and nomadic ranching of goats, the overall population is stable and it occurs within protected areas. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2020)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].