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Stone Agave |
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Joshua_Tree_National_Park - video http://www.desertusa.com/video_pages/joshua-tree.html |
The Prickly Pear Cactus |
The Prickly Pear Cactus |
Joshua_Tree (yucca) |
Joshua_Tree (yucca) |
Beaucarnea Recurvata (Nolina), Yucca |
Yucca schidigera |
Yucca |
Yucca rigida Trel |
Agave_americana_stalks |
Agave_palmeri |
Agave weberii |
Agave parryii |
blue_agave |
Agave_attenuata3 |
blue-agave |
agave_americana |
Agave attenuata at Goleta Beach in Santa Barbara, CA |
Swan''s neck agave, Foxtail Agave, Dragon-Tree Agave, Spineless Agave |
Agave_truncata |
Pink Flame Tree (brachychiton diversicolor), tree on Garden Street, flowers and seed pods. Trees are indigineous to Australia |
Jacaranda (mimosifolia or acutifolia) is in full bloom from mid-May to mid-June. This tree is indigenous to Brazil, but it is common in South coast towns |
The Prickly Pear Cactus |
Week 19 (May 4-10) Epiphyllum, a relative of the "Christmas Cactus". |
Week 18 (April 27-May 3, 2008): Black-eyed Susan (thunbergia alata) hugging mail boxes |
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Joshua Trees (and most other yuccas) rely on the female Pronuba Moth (Tegeticula) for pollination. Mormon pioneers are said to have named this species "Joshua" Tree because it mimicked the Old Testament prophet Joshua waving them, with upraised arms, on toward the promised land. This unique species grows abundantly at Joshua Tree.
Yucca is a genus of about 40 species of Agave relative native of dry areas of North America. They form rosette of stiff leaves, and many develop a wooden trunk that can branch and become tree-like. The genus name "Yucca" is the Arawak name for the Tapioca (Manihot esculenta) of which genus Yucca was mistaken for.
Species and varieties
Yucca aloifolia (Spanish Bayonet)
Yucca baccata (Banana Yucca, Datil Yucca)
Yucca baileyi (Navajo Yucca)
Yucca brevifolia (Joshua Tree)
Yucca brevifolia var. jaegeriana
Yucca carnerosana (Giant Spanish Dagger)
Yucca constricta (Buckley''s yucca, White Rim Yucca)
Yucca desmetiana
Yucca elata (Soaptree Yucca)
Yucca endlichiana
Yucca filamentosa
Yucca filifera (Tree Yucca, St. Peter''s Palm)
Yucca gloriosa (Spanish Dagger)
Yucca recurvifolia (Pendulous yucca, Weeping Yucca)
Yucca rigida (Blue Yucca, Palmilla)
Yucca rostrata (Beaked Yucca, Big Bend Yucca)
Yucca rupicola (Twisted-leaf Yucca)
Yucca schidigera
Yucca thompsoniana (Thompson''s Yucca)
Yucca torreyi (Spanish dagger, Torrey''s yucca)
Yucca treculeana (Spanish Dagger, Palma Pita, Don Quixote''s lace)
Yucca valida (Datilillo)
Yucca whipplei (Whipple''s Yucca, Our Lord''s Candle)
Yucca acrotricha synonym of Dasylirion acrotrichum (Green Desert Spoon)
Yucca angustifolia var. elata synonym of Yucca elata (Soaptree Yucca)
Yucca angustifolia var. radiosa synonym of Yucca elata (Soaptree Yucca)
Yucca argospatha synonym of Yucca treculeana (Spanish Dagger, Palma Pita, Don Quixote''s lace)
Yucca arizonica synonym of Yucca baccata (Banana Yucca, Datil Yucca)
Yucca aspera synonym of Yucca treculeana (Spanish Dagger, Palma Pita, Don Quixote''s lace)
Yucca australis synonym of Yucca filifera (Tree Yucca, St. Peter''s Palm)
Yucca baccata var. macrocarpa synonym of Yucca torreyi (Spanish dagger, Torrey''s yucca)
Yucca boscii synonym of Agave geminiflora
Yucca brevifolia var. wolfei synonym of Yucca brevifolia var. jaegeriana
Yucca californica synonym of Yucca schidigera
Yucca canaliculata synonym of Yucca treculeana (Spanish Dagger, Palma Pita, Don Quixote''s lace)
Yucca circinata synonym of Yucca baccata (Banana Yucca, Datil Yucca)
Yucca concava synonym of Yucca filamentosa
Yucca elephantipes synonym of Yucca gloriosa (Spanish Dagger)
Yucca filamentosa var. concava synonym of Yucca filamentosa
Yucca filamentosa var. smalliana synonym of Yucca filamentosa
Yucca flaccida synonym of Yucca filamentosa
Yucca fragilifolia synonym of Yucca baccata (Banana Yucca, Datil Yucca)
Yucca funifera synonym of Hesperaloe funifera (Giant Hesperaloe)
Yucca gloriosa var. recurvifolia synonym of Yucca recurvifolia (Pendulous yucca, Weeping Yucca)
Yucca gracile synonym of Dasylirion acrotrichum (Green Desert Spoon)
Yucca longifolia synonym of Yucca treculeana (Spanish Dagger, Palma Pita, Don Quixote''s lace)
Yucca macrocarpa synonym of Yucca schidigera
Yucca macrocarpa synonym of Yucca torreyi (Spanish dagger, Torrey''s yucca)
Yucca mohavensis synonym of Yucca schidigera
Yucca pendula synonym of Yucca recurvifolia (Pendulous yucca, Weeping Yucca)
Yucca radiosa synonym of Yucca elata (Soaptree Yucca)
Yucca recurvifolia synonym of Yucca filamentosa
Yucca scabrifolia synonym of Yucca baccata (Banana Yucca, Datil Yucca)
Yucca smalliana synonym of Yucca filamentosa
Yucca undulata synonym of Yucca treculeana (Spanish Dagger, Palma Pita, Don Quixote''s lace)
Yucca utahensis synonym of Yucca elata (Soaptree Yucca)
Yucca verdiensis synonym of Yucca elata (Soaptree Yucca)
Yucca yucatana synonym of Yucca aloifolia (Spanish Bayonet)
Yucca -http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Agavaceae/Yucca.html
Agave -http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Agavaceae/Agavaceae.html
Week 26 (June 22-28): Red Hot Poker Plant / Torch Lily (Kniphofia), and Agapanthus, both South-African natives
Trumpet Tree (Brugmansia / Datura arborea, candida, insignis), evolved to be pollinated by bats; has very sweet, musky smell, especially at night; and Hydrangea
Pink Flame Tree (brachychiton diversicolor), tree on Garden Street, flowers and seed pods. Trees are indigineous to Australia
Week 22 (May 25-31): European Beech (red variety) in Germany (fagus sylvatica) near Starnberg / Munich
Week 21 (May 18-24): Chestnut trees in Germany (aesculus hippocastanum), white and red / pink varieties (Rokastanie, Horse chestnut, Common horse chestnut (engl.), Marronnier commun, Marronier blanc, Chtaignier de cheval (franz.), Ippocastano, Castagno d''India)
