YUCCA - COMMERCIAL WOOD In the Southwest, especially in Southern California, the yucca (Yucca arborescens) attains real tree dimensions, although this plant would not ordinarily be considered a tree at all. It appears that the equivalent of nearly 200,000 feet of lumber is annually manufactured from yucca. The wood is very light in weight, fibrous, tough, and, when wet, pliable and easily molded into desired forms.
Yucca finds its largest use in the manufacture of woodenware and novelties; but a considerable quantity is also used in mill work in California, and, in that State, it is used very much more than any other material in the manufacture of artificial limbs, jackets, surgeon's splints, and corsets.