American Journal of Botany, Vol. 97, No. 2 (Feb., 2010), pp. 243-250 (8 pages) Extreme climate events are transforming plant communities in the desert Southwest of the United States. Abundant ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This is the last of three columns on the discovery and naming of the Joshua tree, the icon of the Mojave Desert. The Joshua tree has not always been admired. The late author and ...

Patterns of recruitment for Yucca brevifolia (Joshua tree) were investigated on 3 elevational transects, 1000-2000 m, in the Spring and Sheep Mountain ranges of southern Nevada. Yucca brevifolia is ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) - A Los Angeles federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision not to provide Endangered Species Act protections for the imperiled Joshua tree is ...

What do a yucca tree, a tangerine tree and a hellebore have in common? Not much, really, except that, if you live in the San Fernando Valley, you can grow all three of them in your own backyard. Yucca ...

Brendan Cummings doesn’t need to go far to find a dying signature of Southern California’s desert landscape: He stands on his porch and eyes whole forests of Joshua trees that haven’t produced ...

Local Business Owners Invited to Launch of Yucca Brevifolia Magazine - Showcasing the Soul of the Mojave A Joshua Tree Gateway Magazine ~ Yucca Brevifolia Magazine ~ The Soul of Desert Living!” - C.