Species
Plantes, mousses et fougères

cd_nom

130581

Adam's-needle (English)

Yucca filamentosa L., 1753

Classification
Plantes à fleurs
Equisetopsida > Asparagales > Asparagaceae
Plantes à fleurs
Habitats

habitats

terrestrial

Assessment, protection and threat status

Assessed species

evaluated

World

Least concern (species for which the risk of disappearing is low)

Red list

Status in the territories

Territory

Type of presence

France red list

Guadeloupe

An introduced taxon that can occasionally reproduce outside its area of cultivation or captivity, but that cannot maintain itself in the wild because it cannot form viable populations without human intervention, and therefore depends on repeated introductions to maintain itself in the wild. This status includes all taxa categorized as casual alien, subspontaneous, or escaped from cultivation or captivity. This status includes taxa that are strictly domesticated (fauna) or only cultivated (flora).

introduced not established of which cultivated / domestic

Not evaluated, not present in a national Red List

Martinique

An introduced taxon that can occasionally reproduce outside its area of cultivation or captivity, but that cannot maintain itself in the wild because it cannot form viable populations without human intervention, and therefore depends on repeated introductions to maintain itself in the wild. This status includes all taxa categorized as casual alien, subspontaneous, or escaped from cultivation or captivity. This status includes taxa that are strictly domesticated (fauna) or only cultivated (flora).

introduced not established of which cultivated / domestic

Not evaluated, not present in a national Red List

Polynésie française

An introduced taxon that can occasionally reproduce outside its area of cultivation or captivity, but that cannot maintain itself in the wild because it cannot form viable populations without human intervention, and therefore depends on repeated introductions to maintain itself in the wild. This status includes all taxa categorized as casual alien, subspontaneous, or escaped from cultivation or captivity. This status includes taxa that are strictly domesticated (fauna) or only cultivated (flora).

introduced not established of which cultivated / domestic

Not evaluated, not present in a national Red List

Nouvelle-Calédonie

An introduced taxon that can occasionally reproduce outside its area of cultivation or captivity, but that cannot maintain itself in the wild because it cannot form viable populations without human intervention, and therefore depends on repeated introductions to maintain itself in the wild. This status includes all taxa categorized as casual alien, subspontaneous, or escaped from cultivation or captivity. This status includes taxa that are strictly domesticated (fauna) or only cultivated (flora).

introduced not established of which cultivated / domestic

Not evaluated, not present in a national Red List

France métropolitaine

An introduced taxon that can occasionally reproduce outside its area of cultivation or captivity, but that cannot maintain itself in the wild because it cannot form viable populations without human intervention, and therefore depends on repeated introductions to maintain itself in the wild. This status includes all taxa categorized as casual alien, subspontaneous, or escaped from cultivation or captivity. This status includes taxa that are strictly domesticated (fauna) or only cultivated (flora).

introduced not established of which cultivated / domestic

Not applicable (species not subject to evaluation because (a) introduced recently or (b) occasionally present in mainland France)
Maps
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Citation
MNHN & OFB [Ed]. 2003-2025. Sheet of Yucca filamentosa L., 1753. Inventaire national du patrimoine naturel (INPN).
Website: https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/130581 - February 25, 2025