| Description | Spoon Yucca (Dasylirion wheeleri) is a long lived low maintenance plant that thrives in heat and dry sites. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Broadleaf Evergreen |
| Hardiness Zone | (6)7 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, dry |
| Soil & Site | average, well drained |
| Temperature | hardy to zero degrees F |
| Leaves | 3 foot, gray strap-shaped with very sharp serrations, leaf bases remain on stem after they fall |
| Stems | stout, to 5-6 feet |
| Dimensions | 4-6 by 3-4 feet (HS) |
| Propagation | seed, requires scarification |
| Native Site | In habits rocky hillsides and grasslands from 3,000 to 6,000 feet in southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico west Texas and south into Sonora Mexico. (#156) |
| Misc Facts | AKA: Desert Spoon, Common Sotol |
| Notes & Reference | #156-San Marcos Growers web site (www.smgrowers.com) |
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