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"etymology_text": "Apparently from the resemblance of the tree to Joshua holding out his spear.",
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"ref": "1995, Raymond L. Franson, “Health of Plants Salvaged for Revegetation at the Mojave Desert Gold Mine: Year Two”, in Bruce A. Roundy, E. Durant McArthur, Jennifer S. Hayley, David K. Mann, editors, Proceedings: Wild Land Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium, page 78",
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"ref": "2004, Matthew Jaffe, Mojave National Preserve, page 8",
"text": "While the Joshua tree ranges into the Great Basin and Sonoran Deserts. it has become synonymous with the Mojave. There are two different subspecies of Joshua trees: the larger Yucca brevifolia brevifolla, which grows at Joshua Tree National Park, and the more densely branched Yucca brevifolia jaegeriana, found in the park and other areas of the eastern Mojave.",
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"ref": "2009, T. Scott Bryan, Betty Tucker-Bryan, The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park, page unnumbered page",
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