Adam'S Needle vs Centuryplant

Yucca filamentosa compared with Agave americana

Key Differences

• Adam'S Needle is Not Evaluated while Centuryplant is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adam'S Needle	Centuryplant
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order same	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family same	Asparagaceae	Asparagaceae
Genus	Yucca	Agave
Species	Yucca filamentosa	Agave americana

Evolutionary Relationship

Adam'S Needle and Centuryplant share a common ancestor at the Family level: Asparagaceae.

Conservation Status

Adam'S Needle

NE — Not Evaluated

Centuryplant

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adam'S Needle	Centuryplant
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Adam'S Needle

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia, Taiwan, Turkey), Europe (17 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).

Centuryplant

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Costa Rica), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Adam'S Needle

The Adam'S Needle (Yucca filamentosa) is a species in the genus Yucca. This species inhabits Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes, found across Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, and Belgium.

Centuryplant

The Centuryplant (Agave americana) is a species in the genus Agave. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to ['Albania', 'Algeria', 'Argentina', 'Australia', 'Belgium'].

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 13 countries:

🇦🇱 Albania 🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇭🇷 Croatia 🇫🇷 France 🇮🇹 Italy 🇲🇹 Malta 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇴 Norway 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇷 Turkey 🇬🇧 United Kingdom