| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agavaceae | Yucca aloifolia | Spanish Dagger | Dunes; also cultivated and persistent. | Se. VA south to s. FL and west to LA; Bahamas; also in Mexico (Villaseñor 2016). |  |
| Agavaceae | Yucca arkansana | Arkansas Yucca | Glades, exposed bluffs, dry woodlands, prairies, river scour, dry, open habitats. | S. MO and se. KS south through AR and OK to s. TX. |  |
| Agavaceae | Yucca carrii | Coastal prairies, sometimes brackish, mima mound edges, chenier plain woodlands. | Coastal areas of se. TX (Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Matagorda counties). | ||
| Agavaceae | Yucca cernua | Weeping Yucca | Red clay soils, in prairie and savanna openings in and along margins of pine-hardwood forests. | Endemic to e. TX (Jasper & Newton counties) and w. LA (Vernon Parish) (Singhurst et al. 2022). |  |
| Agavaceae | Yucca constricta | Buckley's Yucca | Limestone outcrops and rocky prairies. | TX (and perhaps Mexico). | |
| Agavaceae | Yucca filamentosa | Curlyleaf Yucca, Spoonleaf Yucca | Woodlands, forests, dunes, roadsides, disturbed areas. | S. NJ south to GA, west to MS; escaped from cultivation over a broader area of e. United States. |  |
| Agavaceae | Yucca flaccida | Weakleaf Yucca | Thin soils around rock outcrops, woodlands, roadsides, disturbed areas. | Sw. VA, c. NC and TN south to s. FL and AL. |  |
| Agavaceae | Yucca freemanii | Freeman's Yucca | Ne. TX and nw. LA and se. AR. |  | |
| Agavaceae | Yucca glauca | Soapweed Yucca | Calcareous shale barrens, loess hill prairies, other prairies. | ND, MT, and AB south to IA, se. MO, w. AR, c. TX, and s. NM. |  |
| Agavaceae | Yucca gloriosa | Mound-lily Yucca, Spanish Bayonet | Dunes, shell middens, also regularly cultivated and often persistent or weakly escaped around old homesites inland. | E. NC (Dare County) south to ne. FL and w. peninsular FL (Sorrie & LeBlond 2008). | |
| Agavaceae | Yucca louisianensis | Louisiana Yucca | Dry woodlands and barrens with sandy soil, such as longleaf pine and shortleaf pine woodlands. | S. AR and s. OK south to w. LA and e. TX; reported in e. LA and s. MS. |  |
| Agavaceae | Yucca necopina | Glen Rose Yucca, Brazos River Yucca | Sandy soils. | Endemic to nc. TX | |
| Agavaceae | Yucca pallida | Pale Yucca | Limestone outcrops, rocky prairies. | Endemic to c. and nc. TX. |  |
| Agavaceae | Yucca recurvifolia | Curve-leaf Yucca | Dunes, dry sandy soils, flatwoods, upland forests, disturbed areas. | GA (or NC and SC?) and Panhandle FL west to w. LA (introduced in e. TX). |  |
| Agavaceae | Yucca rupicola | Twist-leaf Yucca | Limestone ledges and plains. | Endemic to Edwards Plateau, just extending into the Blackland Prairie region. | |
| Agavaceae | Yucca tenuistyla | Scrub. | Endemic to se. TX. | ||
| Agavaceae | Yucca torreyi | Torrey's Yucca | C. and se. TX and c. NM south to n. Mexico (CHH, COA, DGO, NLE, TAM). |  | |
| Agavaceae | Yucca treculiana | Spanish-dagger, Trécul’s Yucca, Palma Pita | Brushland, grasslands, and scrub. | E. and c. TX, s. NM, and s. AZ south to AGS, CHH, COA, DGO, NLE, QRO, SLP, TAM, VER). |
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