Yucca schidigera is a small evergreen tree growing to 5 metres (16 feet) tall, with a dense crown of spirally arranged bayonet-like leaves on top of a conspicuous basal trunk.

The bark is gray-brown, being covered with brown dead leaves near the top, becoming irregularly rough and scaly-to-ridged closer to the ground.

The leaves are 30–150 centimetres (12–59 inches) long and 4–11 cm (1+1⁄2–4+1⁄4 in) broad at the base, concavo-convex, thick, very rigid, and yellow-green to blue-green in color.

Post fire, the Mojave yucca produces sprouts eagerly and the regeneration of the seedlings are witnessed.

However, the introduction of nonnative grasses led to a higher frequency of fire, which decreased the survival rate of Y. schidigera.

[9] The fibers of the Yucca schidigera leaves are used by Native Americans to make rope, cloth,[9] thread,[10] and sandals.

The rigid flower stalk of the yucca, after maturation, is used as a substitute for eucalyptus stems or logs to make didgeridoos.

Evidence also suggests that Yucca schidigera is a suitable substitute in enabling fish to fight off the many diseases that characterize aquaculture.