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Yucca plants have long, stiff leaves that grow in a spiky clump. The flowers are white and bell-shaped, and they hang from a tall stalk. The roots of some yucca plants can be mashed up and used like soap to wash your hair and clothes!

• The yucca moth is the only creature that can help the yucca make its seeds.
• The moth carries pollen from one flower to another, and in return, the moth lays its eggs inside the flower so its babies have food to eat.
• Without the moth, the yucca could not make seeds, and without the yucca, the moth would have no home.
• They cannot live without each other!