Alpine Yucca vs Mountain Goat

Yucca baileyi compared with Oreamnos americanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alpine Yucca	Mountain Goat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Asparagaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Yucca	Oreamnos
Species	Yucca baileyi	Oreamnos americanus

Conservation Status

Alpine Yucca

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alpine Yucca	Mountain Goat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alpine Yucca

Habitat

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

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Alpine Yucca

The Alpine Yucca (Yucca baileyi) is a species in the genus Yucca. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.