Kay Jones > Lichen growing on tree branch
Kay Jones > Sunlight and shadows on an old redwood tree near Natural Bridge in Brookings, Oregon
Kay Jones > A big, old eucalyptus tree stands in one of the RV parks where we stayed overnight.
Kay Jones > Joshua trees don't have tree rings.  To determine a tree's age, divide the height of the tree by one-half inch, the average annual growth.
Kay Jones > Mormon migrants named the tree after the prophet Joshua seeing the tree limbs outstretched up and westward.
Kay Jones > Native Americans found the Joshua tree to be a great resource:  leaves were worked into baskets and sandals; flower buds and seeds were eaten.
Kay Jones > Joshua trees are giant members of the lily family and look like yucca plants on a tree.  Most had already bloomed by the time we arrived in mid-May.
Lichen growing on tree branch
Kay Jones > Lichen growing on tree branch
Lichen growing on tree branch
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