Sunday, July 7, 2013

weed with personality

The soapweed yucca is an interesting plant that is found in abundance in certain areas of our upland pastures.  Cattle rarely eat it, but it makes some habitat for wildlife.  Native Americans once used the pods for food, the leaves for mats and ropes and the roots for soap (that was centuries before Walmart).  This particular plant was interesting as I have never seen an individual plant with this many pods.

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