Yucca brevifolia

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 7, 2017

Family / Families: Asparagaceae
Scientific Name(s): Yucca brevifolia Engelm.
Institution(s): Saddleback Butte State Park
Location(s): near Lancaster, California, USA
Entry Author(s): Daniel Mosquin
Copyright Holder(s): Daniel Mosquin
Image License: Creative Commons License
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Light painting of <i>Yucca brevifolia</i>

Light painting of Yucca brevifolia

If it’s okay, yet another entry highlighting Yucca brevifolia or the Joshua tree…

I’m away on a field trip with our Horticulture Training Program students, so I opted for a previously featured taxon today. For additional reading (all with updated links / tags / etc.), see Joshua Tree National Park from 2006, Yucca brevifolia from 2008, and Yucca brevifolia from 2013.

This was photographed at night, using a flashlight to paint the plant with light.

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6 responses to “Yucca brevifolia”

  1. Janeal Thompson
    Janeal Thompson April 7, 2017 at 8:37 am | Reply

    Thank you for the work you do for the plant world, Daniel. This light painting is neat.

    Janeal Thompson
    Lamar, CO

  2. Elizabeth parnis
    Elizabeth parnis April 7, 2017 at 10:23 am | Reply

    A beautiful photo of an amazing desert plant. Flora of the desert is very interesting to a northerner!
    Thank you! Elizabeth

  3. PAT
    PAT April 7, 2017 at 12:51 pm | Reply

    Ditto very interesting as we cannot walk out and see them.

  4. Nette
    Nette April 7, 2017 at 1:17 pm | Reply

    That’s a stunning photo. I’m surprised that the flashlight could illuminate it so fully. Was it a long exposure?

    1. Daniel Mosquin
      Daniel Mosquin April 10, 2017 at 11:05 am | Reply

      Yes, it is a long exposure. I don’t think I recorded how long — somewhere between 30 seconds and two minutes, I think, mainly because there doesn’t seem to be too much softening in the clouds nor does the moon appear oval.

      And, I use a very powerful flashlight!

  5. Janet
    Janet April 7, 2017 at 7:59 pm | Reply

    Thank you for the photo of one of my favorite plants. We had a Joshua Tree in the front yard on the ranch where I grew up in the high desert.

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