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The Joshua tree is called "hunuvat chiy'a" or "humwichawa" by the indigenous Cahuilla. [11] It is also called izote de desierto (Spanish, "desert dagger"). [12] It was first formally described in the botanical literature as Yucca brevifolia by George Engelmann in 1871 as part of the Geological Exploration of the 100th meridian (or "Wheeler Survey").
A grove of namesake Joshua trees at Joshua Tree National Park On August 10, 1936, after Minerva Hoyt and others persuaded the state and federal governments to protect the area, President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the power of the 1906 Antiquities Act to establish Joshua Tree National Monument, [ 19 ] protecting about 825,000 acres (1,289.1 sq ...
Yucca is a genus of perennial shrubs and trees in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. [2] Its 40–50 species are notable for their rosettes of evergreen, tough, sword-shaped leaves and large terminal panicles of white or whitish flowers.
Joshua Tree National Park is unreal.. Its spiky namesake trees are often compared to something out of Dr. Seuss’ imagination, but park ranger Marc Mahan has another take.
A Joshua tree in Juniper Hills is engulfed by the Bobcat fire in 2020. Wildfires, along with climate change and habitat loss, are taking an increasing toll on Joshua trees in California.
Joshua trees are already struggling to reproduce in a warming climate. Replacing those lost in the York fire may be all but impossible, experts fear. California's famed Joshua trees are burning up ...
Agavoideae is a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, order Asparagales.It has previously been treated as a separate family, Agavaceae. [1] The group includes many well-known desert and dry-zone types, such as the agaves and yuccas (including the Joshua tree).
California's biggest wildfire of the year — burning through delicate Joshua Tree forests along the California-Nevada border — is an unusual desert blaze being fueled in part by the rapid ...