Joshua Tree
The Joshua tree, symbol of the Mojave desert, reaches out into the blue early April sky. One reason it is believed that this iconic yucca is losing habitat, and declining in numbers is in the fossil record of the recent extinction (in geological years) of the Shasta ground sloth, one of the giant sloths that went the way of the mammoths and other American megafauna. Fossilized scat shows the remains of the seeds, leaves and pulp of joshua trees... and was possibly in a loose symbiotic relationship with it as to provide food in return for seed propagation.
- Copyright
- © 2013
- Image Size
- 4288x2848 / 8.5MB
- Keywords
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Agavaceae, Agavoideae, America, American Southwest, Angiosperms, Asparagaceae, Asparagales, California, Joshua Tree National Park, Joshua Tree National ParkSouthwest, Joshua tree, Mojave Desert, Monocot, Monocots, National Park Joshua Tree National Park, Plantae, Riverside County, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, Sonoran Desert, Twentynine Palms, USA, United States, Y. brevifolia, Yucca brevifolia, background, beautiful, beauty, botany, color, countryside, desert, field, flora, forb, green, herb, natural, nature, palm tree yucca, perennial, plains yucca, plant, plants, shrub, spring, succulent, tree yucca, xeric, yucca, yucca palm
- Contained in galleries
- Asparagaceae (Agaves and Yuccas)
