The plants include some familiar species, like the saguaro, sunflower, yucca and juniper, and others that may be less recognizable—coyote tobacco, broom snakeweed, Goodding's willow and curled dock.

Within the range of Yucca brevifolia are three what biologists call sympatric species of yucca that look similar to a Joshua tree, particularly as juvenile plants prior to their first flowering.

Indigenous people have used yucca for centuries for its health effects and material properties. There are many species of yucca plants, many of which contain beneficial compounds. Yucca is often ...

If you want similar-looking plants to the red yucca, look for species with long flower stalks rising above narrow green, spiky leaves. Red yucca is a native red flower you should be using to ...

b. brevifolia). The two are so different, scientists have even advocated splitting Yucca brevifolias into two species. But what evolutionary reason is responsible for this divergence?

Hoven Riley knew money was tight at his family’s West Texas cotton farm the year his mom asked him to go outside and dig up a yucca elata to use as a Christmas tree. The species, also known as ...