Foothills. Woodlands, openings. Summer.
Beautiful Mountain, Navajo Reservation, New Mexico, May 29, 2010.

Yucca baileyi is quite similar to Yucca angustissima, Yucca harrimaniae, and Yucca glauca. It is most often quite difficult to separate these species, but Y. baileyi does stand out a bit by its habit of growing in tight colonies and by its typical elevation  --  higher than the other Yuccas.  Intermountain Flora also indicates that Y. baileyi has its inflorescence begin within the leaves and sometimes not exceed them.

Wooten and Standley described this plant in 1913 from a specimen collected by Standley in San Juan County, New Mexico, in 1911.

Range map © John Kartesz,
Floristic Synthesis of North America

State Color Key

Species present in state and native
Species present in state and exotic
Species not present in state

County Color Key

Species present and not rare
Species present and rare
Species extirpated (historic)
Species extinct
Species noxious
Species exotic and present
Native species, but adventive in state
Eradicated
Questionable presence

Range map for Yucca baileyi