In March 2014, members of the Althoff and Segraves Laboratories traveled to the Outer Banks of North Carolina to survey populations of Yucca aloifolia, Yucca filamentosa, and Yucca gloriosa.
Yucca filamentosa
Yucca gloriosa
An impressive Yucca aloifolia
Recently developed Yucca aloifolia fruit
A variegated yucca species
David Althoff records data while David takes measurements
Clive Darwell takes a leaf sample
Yucca aloifolia on a sand dune
Yucca gloriosa on a sand dune
Haley Plasman counts flowers on a Yucca filamentosa
David Rivers measures stalk height
Lab crew taking data
Last year’s Yucca aloifolia fruit
Alice Fox checks for teeth
Yucca aloifolia
David Rivers measures stalk height
Haley investigates the fruit
Ocracoke Island
Beautiful red Yucca aloifolia leaves
Clive concludes this is not a leaf!
Yucca filamentosa seed capsules
Alice harvests the fruit
More than just yuccas in Frisco…
Field work is dangerous!