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Picture of a Joshua Tree

"Yucca Tree"

The botanical name for Joshua trees is Yucca brevifolia, but another common name for this desert denizen is "yucca tree"....
Picture of Joshua tree. The botanical name for Joshua trees is Yucca brevifolia.

Joshua tree photo.

David Beaulieu
That's because the Joshua tree is a type of yucca that just happens to grow tall (and is therefore "tree-like").

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