{"product_id":"yucca-baccata-ssp-baccata","title":"Yucca baccata ssp. baccata","description":"\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003eGeographic \u0026amp; Climate\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eGeographic Coordinates:\u003c\/b\u003e 29°00'N to 39°30'N, 103°00'W to 117°00'W (Type Locality: Rio Grande Valley, Socorro County, New Mexico ~ 34°03'N, 106°53'W).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eClimate Classification:\u003c\/b\u003e Cold Semi-Arid (Köppen \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"3,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"47\"\u003eBSk\u003c\/i\u003e) \/ Cold Desert (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"3,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"67\"\u003eBWk\u003c\/i\u003e). Demonstrates extreme frost hardiness (tolerating temperatures down to -20°C \/ -4°F) and extreme drought endurance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eHabitat Characteristics:\u003c\/b\u003e Elevation ranges from 400 m to 2,500 m (1,300 to 8,200 ft). Inhabits dry, well-draining, coarse gravelly, rocky limestone, and sandy soils within pinyon-juniper woodlands, sagebrush scrub, desert grasslands, and rocky canyon slopes. Characterized by low, erratic rainfall and light-to-moderate winter snowfall at higher elevations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003eBotanical Morphology\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eDiagnostic Features:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"5,0,1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5,0,1,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5,0,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eGrowth Habit:\u003c\/b\u003e Strictly acaulescent (trunkless) or with very short, subterranean-to-aerial stems (\u0026lt; 0.3 m tall), forming low, sprawling, ground-hugging rosettes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5,0,1,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5,0,1,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eLeaf Margins:\u003c\/b\u003e Margin edges feature \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5,0,1,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"35\"\u003ecoarse, thick, curling brown-tinged fibers\u003c\/b\u003e that strip off naturally (a key diagnostic character separating it from the fine, thread-like filiferous margins of ssp. \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"5,0,1,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"199\"\u003ebrevifolia\u003c\/i\u003e \/ \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"5,0,1,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"212\"\u003eY. arizonica\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5,0,1,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5,0,1,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/b\u003e Rigid, boat-shaped (concavo-convex), sword-like leaves measuring 50–75 cm long and 2–6 cm wide, glaucous blue-green to dark green with a stout apical spine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5,0,1,3,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5,0,1,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eInflorescence \u0026amp; Fruit:\u003c\/b\u003e Inflorescence stalk (peduncle 0.6–0.8 m) remains nested mostly inside or extending just slightly beyond the rosette crown. Produces large, fleshy, cylindrical, indehiscent banana-shaped berries (8–18 cm long) that turn purplish-red when mature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eGrowth Habit:\u003c\/b\u003e Extremely slow-growing perennial succulent. Slowly produces basal offsets to form small, spreading clumps over time. Enters dormancy during extreme winter freeze or peak summer drought. Mature size ranges from 0.5–1 m in height and 1–1.5 m in rosette diameter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Etymology\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eEtymology:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"7,0,1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7,0,1,0,0\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7,0,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eYucca:\u003c\/i\u003e Derived from the Carib word \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7,0,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"35\"\u003eyuca\u003c\/i\u003e, originally designating cassava (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7,0,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"73\"\u003eManihot esculenta\u003c\/i\u003e), erroneously applied to this genus by Carl Linnaeus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7,0,1,1,0\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7,0,1,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ebaccata:\u003c\/i\u003e Latin adjective meaning \"berry-bearing\" or \"with berries,\" referring to its distinctive fleshy, non-dehiscent fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eHistorical Context:\u003c\/b\u003e Officially described in 1855 by German-American botanist George Engelmann during the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. Historically served as an indispensable natural resource for Indigenous Peoples of the American Southwest (Navajo, Apache, Ancestral Puebloans), who consumed the sweet, roasted banana-like fruit, processed the tough leaf fibers into sandals and ropes, and used the saponin-rich roots (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"433\"\u003edatil\u003c\/i\u003e) for soap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"BotanicalCollector","offers":[{"title":"Same Size Shipped|W1.5-2cm|Seed-grown","offer_id":47889296097533,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0785\/3552\/4605\/files\/IMG_5887.jpg?v=1784906329","url":"https:\/\/www.botanicalcollector.com\/products\/yucca-baccata-ssp-baccata","provider":"BotanicalCollector","version":"1.0","type":"link"}