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Yucca whipplei - chaparral yucca, Our Lord's Candle

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Albany, OR 97321 wholesale, some retail
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Yucca whipplei Lifeform:
Shrub
Family:
Liliaceae
Elevation:
0 - 4000 feet
Charles Webber © 1998 California Academy of Sciences
What plants grow with Yucca whipplei ?
Horticulture
San Luis Obispo Las Pilitas Native Nursery  PROFILE 
Santa Margarita 93453
Los Angeles The Plant Profiler  PROFILE 
Los Angeles, 90012

New Names:
Hesperoyucca whipplei

Related species:
Yucca whipplei ssp. cespitosa

Plant Communities:
Chaparral
Coastal Sage Scrub
Creosote Bush Scrub
Joshua Tree Woodland
Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
Yellow Pine Forest

Synonyms:
Hesperoyucca whipplei
Yucca whipplei ssp. caespitosa
Yucca whipplei ssp. cespitosa
Yucca whipplei ssp. intermedia
Yucca whipplei ssp. parishii
Yucca whipplei ssp. percursa
Yucca whipplei ssp. whipplei
Yucca whipplei var. caespitosa

Distribution

Counties:
Fresno
Kern
Los Angeles
Merced
Monterey
Orange
Riverside
Santa Barbara
San Bernardino
San Benito
San Diego
San Luis Obispo
Tulare
Ventura

Jepson Bioregions:
Sierra Nevada Foothills
High Sierra Nevada
South Coast Ranges
South Coast
Channel Islands
Transverse Ranges
Peninsular Ranges
Mojave Desert