Agave Americana

Agave Americana
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Agave Americana  is a large, rhizomatous succulent that grows in a wide range of conditions including cliffs, urban areas, woodlands, grasslands, riparian zones, beaches and sandy areas, and rocky slopes.

It can tolerate of strong wind, salt, high temperatures, and extreme drought. It can grow in shallow, very dry, low fertility soil and can colonise bare sand. It is grown for many reasons- ornamental, medicinal and agricultural. In South Australia, Agave Americana mainly invades disturbed sites, road sides and coastal vegetation.

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