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November 24, 2009

A Joshua tree dusted with snow following a spring snowstorm in Tikaboo Valley, Nevada.

A Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) dusted with snow following a spring snowstorm in Tikaboo Valley, Nevada. Joshua trees are part of a highly specialized pollination relationship with yucca moths. In Tikaboo Valley, two species of yucca moth co-occur, and trees pollinated by each moth species are morphologically distinct.

Credit: Christopher Smith, Willamette University


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