Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia, Y. jaegeriana) are iconic, foundational species of the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts in North America. Due to their ecosystem importance, long generation times, and low ...

Authors Todd C Esque, Daniel F Shryock, Gabrielle A Berry, Felicia C Chen, Lesley A DeFalco, Sabrina M Lewicki, Brent L Cunningham, Edwin J Gaylord, Caitlin S Poage, Gretchen E Gantz, Ross A Van ...

There has been much discussion lately concerning Joshua trees and global warming. Based upon questions I have received from readers, there seems to be some confusion about which yuccas are Joshua ...

If you took the Truffula tree imagined by Dr. Seuss, added more gnarled arms, and plunked it down in the Mojave Desert, you’d get the Joshua tree. Technically, the plant is known as the Yucca ...

What can you say about one of the most recognizable native plant species in our region’s fabled Mojave Desert that’s called a tree, but isn’t really a tree? Yucca brevifolia, known widely today as the ...

Flowering plants only appear in the fossil record around 100 million years ago, and yet they comprise 90 percent of the plant kingdom. Meanwhile, around 75 percent of known animal species are insects.

Mounting evidence indicates that the warming climate will significantly reduce the range of Joshua trees, but that didn’t sway the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In August, the agency denied a ...

We call them yuccas, but in their native areas of Central America, they are rather known under the names of itabo, izote or daguillo. Their closest relative is the famous Agave from which tequila is ...

Un árbol de Josué destrozado es el símbolo del despropósito ambiental del gobierno de Donald Trump en Estados Unidos. La muerte de este ejemplar de Yucca brevifolia, elemento central de una fotografía ...

为探究西部约书亚树（Yucca brevifolia Englm.）能否利用夏季降水改善水分状况、光合作用等，以及预浇水气体交换生理是否受前期水分条件影响，研究人员开展相关研究。结果表明，较大降水脉冲 ...