Joshua Tree
Yucca brevifolia · Liliaceae · 단엽유카
Look
- Leaves
- Sword-shaped, stiff, sharp-tipped blue-green leaves about 30 cm long grow in clusters at the base of the trunk and along it, with fine teeth on the edges.
- Flowers
- Large yellowish-white flowers gather in showy clusters on long stalks at the tips of the stems and bloom in April.
- Fruit
- Large capsules hang down when mature.
- Bark
- Dark brown, cracking into plates.
Where it grows
- Native to
- Native to the desert regions of the southwestern United States; in southwestern Utah it grows below about 1,070 m (3,500 feet).
- Ecology
- A sun-loving tree that cannot stand shade, and lives a very long time.