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Yucca filamentosa, commonly known as Adam's needle, is a New World native which has been transplanted throughout the world and is appreciated for its attractiveness to hummingbirds and butterflies.Black-chinned and broad-tailed hummingbirds favor the nectar in Yucca filamentosa's beautiful white flowers.Also, Adam's needle has a close relationship with two butterflies, yucca giant skipper and cofaqui giant skipper, and an exclusive relationship with yucca moths. Renowned for watercolors of roses, Pierre-Joseph Redouté also excelled at Liliaceae, family in which Adam's needle was placed by Carl Linnaeus (May 23, 1707-Jan 10, 1778).August 1809 drawing of 2 plants gifted by François Michaux (1770-1855) to Jardin de TrianonPJ Redouté, Les Liliacées (1809), Vol 5, Plate 177, Public Domain, via Internet Archive Yucca filamentosa is most commonly known as Adam's needle.

This memorable New World native has endeared itself beyond its native range, living comfortably throughout the world in a dazzling array of geographic and climatic settings. Universal popularity has bestowed numerous common names upon Yucca filamentosa. Yucca filamentosa, naturalized in sand dunes, southern coast of Brittany, northwest FranceYucca filamentosa, naturalizedSten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Native distribution: sweeping across the eastern United States, halting long before the fearsome beauty of the Rocky Mountains Adam's needle is native to 29 states from the eastern seaboard westward into the Great Plains: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut,Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Adam's needle is native to only one county in two states:Sussex County in southern Delaware andKent County in central Rhode Island. Native Status of Yucca filamentosa in the United StatesYUFI Yucca filamentosa L. Adam's needleUSDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Public Domain, via USDA PLANTS Database Habitat: hot and dry with as much sun as possible Adam's needle favors dry, sandy soils which, with a circumneutral pH (6.5 to 7.5), are neither too acidic nor too alkaline.