How to Use Joshua tree in a Sentence

Joshua tree

noun

• 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
• This is only the latest uproar over the plight of the western Joshua tree.
  — Washington Post, 1 July 2021
• 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
• 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
• Solar project to destroy thousands of Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024
• The property sits on 50 acres dotted with Joshua trees.
  — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2023
• There’s no guidebook about how to restore a Joshua tree forest.
  — Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Aug. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• This rugged California park is famous for its Joshua trees.
  — Lauren Smith McDonough, House Beautiful, 21 Feb. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• In Joshua Tree someone’s dressed as a Joshua tree, demanding protection.
  — Claire Vaye Watkins, The New York Review of Books, 5 Nov. 2020
• 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
• 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
• The installation relies on a fundamental interplay between the sun and the Joshua tree.
  — Christopher Intagliata, NPR, 3 June 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024