TREES AND SHRUBS 



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Sotol. (Dasylirion wheeleri) 



flat strap-shaped leaves having numerous recurved slender 

 teeth along the margin. The trunk is usually 6 or 8 inches in 

 diameter and from 1 to 4 feet tall, and covered by the dead 

 leaf bases of older leaves. .The leaves are very numerous and 

 flexible, forming a thick crown at the head of the stem. The 

 flowers are very small and numerous, borne in panicles on a 

 tall stalk, often several feet high. Another species (D. 

 texanum) is reported from the southeastern corner of the 

 State. 



These are near relatives of the Yuccas and are usually 

 found more or less closely associated with them. They usually 

 grow among the rocks and are hard to dig; young plants 

 transplant the more readily. They are valuable for formal 

 masses of bedding plants, or against a hedge row. 



