Because the native Agave desertii grows in similar habitat zones as the Yucca schidigera, both where utilized concurrently. Agave was considered stronger and therefore reserved for ropes and cordage.

The agave and yucca provide tall elements, though some are armed with spines, so choose their planting location carefully. Crassula, portulaca and kalanchoe produce paddle-shaped foliage.

In the drylands of northcentral Mexico campesinos known as ixtleros or talladores gather ixtle, a hard fiber derived from the uncultivated plants lechuguilla (Agave lecheguilla Torr.), and palma ...

Cacti and a variety of leaf succulents, including yucca, aloe vera and three types of agave (blue, Americana and octopus) make up about a third of the Heaberlins’ front-yard garden.

The succulents with an agave-type growth habit include Agave, Yucca, Furcraea, and Dyckia. Three of the four are common here in Florida with many examples found in local landscapes.

Leaf samples of species of Agave, Dasylirion, Hesperaloe, Nolina, and Yucca were macerated and fiber cell length, width, and wall thickness were measured. Several species of Hesperaloe and Yucca have ...