Soaptree Yucca
A common yucca of the Chihuahuan desert, the soapweed yucca is and was a significantly important plant for the Native American tribes inhabiting the area where it is found. A common yucca of the Chihuahuan desert, the soapweed yucca's fibrous leaves were used use to make belts, cloth, baskets, cords and mats, the roots were used to make a natural soap - hence the common name.
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Agavaceae, Agavoideae, Alamogordo, America, Angiosperms, Asparagaceae, Asparagales, Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico, Otero County, Plantae, Tularosa Basin, USA, United States, White Sands, White Sands National Monument, Y. angustifolia var. elata, Y. elata, Yucca angustifolia var. radiosa, Yucca elata, Yucca radiosa, Yucca verdiensis, amazing, ancient, arid, barren, beautiful, beauty, botany, bright, conservation, country, countryside, desert, dry, dunes, earth, ecology, ecosystem, environment, flora, green, gypsum, habitat, heat, hot, light, lonely, monocot, national park, native, natural, nature, open, pain, painful, palmella, parched, perennial, plant, poke, prickle, prickly, pristine, range, ripples, sand, sand dunes, sharp, shrub, skies, sky, soaptree, soaptree yucca, soapweed, southwest, sparse, spike, spiky, spring, succulent, sunlight, thorn, thorny, travel, tree, view, vista, vivid, west, western, white, wild, wilderness, yucca
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- Asparagaceae (Agaves and Yuccas)
