Joshua Tree, Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA
This is the famous Joshua tree. A wonderful tree. The park offers thousands of trees, each one is unique and worth a photo. The Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) is a giant member of the lily family. Depending on the right conditions, it blooms from spring to summer in clusters of white flowers and provides habitat for numerous birds, mammals, lizards and insects. More Details...
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Falling Rock, Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA
One of the most spectacular rocks in the Joshua Tree National Park is this rock. The rock is falling, but extremly slow, you cannot even see it. But if you wait long enough...but do not park you car nearby. More Details...
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Ocotillo, Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA
The Ocotillo is a bajada resident that can be relied on to bloom annually, even without leafing in particularly dry springs. It is an inverted, funnel-shaped desert plant with several woody, spiny, whip-like, straight branches angling outward from the base and rising as high as 6 meter. Ocotillo are leafless most of the year, except immediately after rain; the leaves then quickly wither after the soil dries out. These narrow, oval leaves are about 5 centimeter long, appearing in bunches above spines. More Details...
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