This weekend at Joshua Tree National Park, the trees were showing all the stages of their reproductive cycle, from buds like this, to full blossoms. Joshua trees are part of one of the most specialized relationships in nature because they are only pollinated by a single species of moth and that moth only pollinates Joshua trees.

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Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia).

This is an unusual spring in Joshua Tree National Park in that 90% of the Joshua trees are blooming. It's usually much less than that.

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The beauty is starting to show.

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