Coachella Valley Oasis
View from the ground in the middle of a native stand of desert fan palms in the Coachella Valley of Southern California. These towering trees are the only palms native to the western United States, and are also the largest native palm in the contiguous United States. Virtually unchanged for millennia, these living fossils provide shade from the unrelenting sun for many of the desert inhabitants, as well as the promise of nearby water.
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- © 2013
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- 4288x2848 / 11.7MB
- Keywords
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America, American Southwest, Angiosperms, Arecaceae, Arecales, California, Coachella, Coachella Valley, Coachella Valley Preserve, Commelinids, Monocots, Palm Springs, Plantae, Riverside County, San Andreas Fault, USA, United States, Washingtonia, Washingtonia filifera, cool, desert, desert fan palm, fan palm, fancy, frond, green, haven, heat, native, natural, oasis, palm tree, palmtree, protection, refuge, shade, skirt, southwest, spring
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