2006-07-01 02:22:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
Species: Yucca brevifolia.
Location: Southwestern North America, in the states of California, Arizona, Utah and Nevada.
Mormon immigrants had made their way across the Colorado River. Legend has it that these pioneers named the tree after the biblical figure, Joshua, seeing the limbs of the tree as outstretched in supplication, guiding the travelers westward.
2006-07-01 06:20:44 · answer #1 · answered by Handsome 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Joshua Tree national park is located in the Mojave Desert of Southern California. It is west of Palm Springs. The Joshua tree is the most primitive of all trees, one step up from a cactus....
2006-07-01 14:39:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
tigercub got it!!
mudcat is confusing the Joshua Tree with the so-called Boojum Tree (Fouquieria) from the Sonoran Desert.
2006-07-02 05:03:47 · answer #3 · answered by myrtguy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His father's, father's name was Joshua, so it's a family thing.
2006-07-01 12:06:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
See the link below
I was told that this is actually a pre-historic lilly.
2006-07-01 09:29:11 · answer #5 · answered by bcuz1998 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TigerCub had the first correct answer.
He should get the points!
2006-07-02 16:53:07 · answer #6 · answered by carl l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is located in palmdale
2006-07-01 11:28:34 · answer #7 · answered by dipalisandhu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Japan and it means son
2006-07-01 09:25:57 · answer #8 · answered by colonel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋