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Joshua Tree

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Yucca brevifolia, commonly known as the Joshua tree, yucca palm, tree yucca or palm tree yucca, is a monocotyledonous tree species in the genus Yucca, native to the arid southwestern United States, specifically California, Arizona, Utah and Nevada, and to northwestern Mexico. It is confined mostly to the Mojave Desert at elevations between 400 and 1,800 metres, thriving in the open grasslands of Queen Valley and Lost Horse Valley within Joshua Tree National Park; other large populations grow northeast of Kingman and along U.S. 93 near Meadview in Arizona's Mohave County, and in Saddleback Butte State Park in Los Angeles County's Antelope Valley.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status (w-bfill-g5-0924 browse backfill).
Identification
Distinguishing Appearance
Evergreen, dark green, linear, bayonet-shaped leaves 1
Scientific Name
Yucca brevifolia 1
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Asparagales, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Joshua Tree

In Biome

Grassland, Biomes
Source Wikipedia: Yucca brevifolia

In Ecosystem

Mojave Desert, Ecosystems
Source Wikipedia: Yucca brevifolia
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Yucca brevifolia
  • Lead, sentence 1
    Yucca brevifolia, commonly known as the Joshua tree
  • Taxobox, Conservation status
    Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
  • Growth and development, paragraph 4
    The evergreen leaves are dark green, linear, bayonet-shaped
  • In Biome: Grassland, Wikipedia intro: "to the Mojave Desert between 400 and 1,800 m (1,300 and 5,900 ft) elevation. It thrives in the open grasslands of Queen Valley and Lost Horse Valley in Joshua T..."
  • In Ecosystem: Mojave Desert, Wikipedia intro: "cally California, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada), and northwestern Mexico. It is confined mostly to the Mojave Desert between 400 and 1,800 m (1,300 and 5,900 ft) e..."
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2. Yucca brevifolia (Wikipedia)
native to the arid Southwestern United StatesView the Source
3. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
Wikidata: Joshua Tree
  • Wikidata Q1378081, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Asparagales, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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