Yuca arizonica: con imagen.


It is the second genera and fourth species of this family within the reserve. It is a large plant up to 2 meters tall, simple or forming colonies up to 5 or more stalks.
Leaves forms rosettes also, like the agaves, although they have a well-defined stalk. Leaves are yellowish- green in color (Figures 9 and 10). Inflorescence grows at the top of the plant, and the individual don’t die after fruit formation, so it could flower several times throughout its life. Fruits are edible, although its formation is not annual. This species is rather scarce in the reserve, as it prefers deep and sandy soils.

Alluvial plains seem to be the places it favors. It is rare to find young individuals, so the recruitment of new individuals may be subjected to very specific environmental conditions not easily met.

So, member of the Agavaceae comprises at least 6% of the plant diversity al El Plomito reserve, with 4 species and two genera. Of these, Agave schottii and Yuca arizonica are very rare.

By one or more ways, every species represent several benefits to humans, by means of providing them fibrous products to make utensils, or base materials for other products.