a height of 25 - 30 ft.

Naming

The species was given its binomial name Agave americana by Carl Linnaeus in the first edition of Species Plantarum (1753). This name is the one still in use today.

Cultivation

A. americana is cultivated as an ornamental plant, particularly valued for its large, dramatic mature form. It is often found in modernist, xeriscapes

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