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[7] Many birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects depend on the Joshua tree for food and shelter. Keep your eyes open for the
yellow and black flash of a Scott's oriole busy making a nest in a yucca's branches. At the base of rocks you may find a wood rat
nest built with spiny yucca leaves for protection. As evening falls, the desert night lizard begins poking around under the log of a
fallen Joshua tree in search of tasty insects.
The description of the Joshua tree's important functions in the ecosystem of the desert is
opposed to the tree's unusual but beautiful form
contrasted to its function in the survival of its human residents
tied to the tree's defining role in the landscape of the region
related to its being misunderstood