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Yucca filamentosa

Adam's Needle, Beargrass, Curlyleaf Yucca, Sponleaf Yucca

Native/Alien:

Native

Type:

Shrub

Bloom Color(s):

white

Size in Feet:

1 - 3

Light:

full sun to light shade

Soil Moisture:

xeric(*)

Bloom Time:

late April - May - early June

Bloom Area:

Statewide (Mountains, Piedmont, Coast)

Leaves

Beargrass is easy to identify by its sharp, thick, evergreen leaves in a mounded basal rosette and the long, curly filaments on the leaf margins.

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Paynter, Wilmington, 4/30/2010

Common in dunes, woods and roadsides of the coast, piedmont and mountains. Note from Jack Spruill: "The leaves / blades of this plant are very strong. I remember when people who smoked herrings would use the split blades of beargrass to tie the herrings into small bundles to be hung in a smoke house. Even through suitable cord was widely available, it was the tradition to use split beargrass blades."

Coming into bloom

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Wilmington, May 2012

Flowers close up

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Inside the flower, 3-cleft stigma surrounded by stamens with pollen.

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Links:

 USDA PLANTS Database Record

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There is a crossroad community in Martin County named Bear Grass.  It would be interesting to know if the origin of its name relates to this plant?

The leaves / blades of this plant are very strong.  I remember when people who smoked herrings would use the split blades of beargrass to tie the herrings into small bundles to be hung in a smoke house. Even through suitable cord was widely available, it was the tradition to use split beargrass blades.

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