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Washingtonia filifera
Tall, green-topped palm trees. Most had trunks nearly-covered by a long, long coat of dead fronds. Most of these trees were around 50ft (around 15 meters) tall.
These trees are at the Lost Palms Oasis in Joshua Tree National Park. There is both a lower section and upper section of the oasis, and both had an extended strand of fan palm that lined the pools of water. The area was very hot and dry.
Spotted on Apr 10, 2011
Submitted on Nov 13, 2011
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I can only imagine what neat organisms live within those dead palm fronds. Here in FL the fronds support bats.