Twenty-five hundred palm species are known worldwide, yet the Desert Fan Palm is the only one native to the Western U.S. Also called the California Palm, it happens to be the largest of the 14 species in the country and can live up to 250 years.
Spindly ocotillo and majestic Washington fan palms are dying off in Joshua Tree National Park, Anza Borrego Desert State Park and other popular spots, new research shows.
Spindly ocotillo and majestic Washington fan palms are dying off in Joshua Tree National Park, Anza Borrego Desert State Park and other popular spots, new research shows.