How to Use Joshua tree in a Sentence
Joshua tree
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Sammy Roth: Why razing Joshua trees for solar farms isn’t always crazy.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
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The first settlers of Palmdale mistook Joshua trees in the area for palms and that is how the city got its name.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 25 May 2024
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This is only the latest uproar over the plight of the western Joshua tree.
—Washington Post, 1 July 2021
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The drive was a long one, though the majesty of the landscape made time pass fast: little streambeds, large bluffs, groves of huge Joshua trees.
—Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2023
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The park is home to a stunning 13-mile scenic drive through bright red sandstone cliffs, limestone canyons and Joshua trees.
—Tamara Gane, Chron, 21 Mar. 2023
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Solar project to destroy thousands of Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024
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The property sits on 50 acres dotted with Joshua trees.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2023
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There’s no guidebook about how to restore a Joshua tree forest.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Aug. 2023
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In spite of the landscape’s intensity, some plant life (like the Joshua tree) has thrived here for millions of years.
—Meg Bernhard, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2022
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Some 28 species of native grasses, a number of them rare, also grow there, as well as some of the oldest and largest Joshua trees in the United States.
—Coral Davenport, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2023
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While 90 percent of Joshua trees will die following a fire, on rare occasion, a new growth sprouts up from the roots beside the old trunk.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2023
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Extreme heat, drought and fires are devastating Joshua trees — and even this winter’s rains didn’t help much, columnist Steve Lopez learned on a trip to the desert.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
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Nevada’s largest Joshua tree—the third-largest in the world—is located within the national monument’s bounds, as well as trees that are up to 800 years old.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2023
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The revered surrounding area is home to a Joshua tree forest and provides key habitats for the desert bighorn sheep, desert tortoise, and Gila monster.
—Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Apr. 2023
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Columnist Steve Lopez considers the depopulation of Joshua trees caused by heat and fire, and the wider threat to the Mojave desert ecosystem.
—Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
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This rugged California park is famous for its Joshua trees.
—Lauren Smith McDonough, House Beautiful, 21 Feb. 2023
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Soon, the road gives way to oversize Joshua trees, and opens up onto the expanse of the world’s most famous geological marvels.
—By krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 12 May 2023
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There were toppled Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert and dead endangered birds on park roads, former parks officials said.
—Jack Healy, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
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California’s Joshua trees look like something out of a Dr. Seuss book, resembling a cross between a cactus and a palm tree.
—Liz Kreutz, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2023
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In Joshua Tree someone’s dressed as a Joshua tree, demanding protection.
—Claire Vaye Watkins, The New York Review of Books, 5 Nov. 2020
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The rugged landscape near the Arizona and California state lines is home to bighorn sheep, desert tortoises and a large concentration of Joshua trees, some of which are more than 900 years old.
—Matthew Daly, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2023
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California’s state park system offers 3,000 miles of trail and terrain from beaches to badlands, Joshua trees and more.
—Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2023
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The installation relies on a fundamental interplay between the sun and the Joshua tree.
—Christopher Intagliata, NPR, 3 June 2024
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Firefighters aided by rain fought to contain a massive blaze that swept through the California desert into Nevada and are threaten ing the region’s famous spiky Joshua trees.
—Ty O'Neil, Stefanie Dazio and Rio Yamat, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2023
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Severe drought may cause species like the Joshua tree, desert tortoise and desert bighorn sheep to seek higher elevations that receive more rainfall, according to the National Park Service.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 June 2021
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The fire has charred iconic Joshua trees and blackbrush scrub, which are unlikely to regrow, though conservationists are trying to plant new trees, per the Associated Press.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Aug. 2023
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The Mojave Desert monument, which is surrounded by national preserves and wilderness, comprises the eastern border of the world's largest Joshua tree forest.
—Andrea Sachs, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
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Because its delicate desert habitat did not evolve with major wildfires, the Joshua tree is especially vulnerable to flames.
—Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2023
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The teddy bear cholla cactus, Joshua trees and other flora in the nearby arboretum animate visitors.
—Mark Eddington, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 July 2023
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California’s got a new law designed to protect Joshua trees from housing construction, renewable energy development and climate change, after state regulators deadlocked on an Endangered Species Act listing.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
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