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Yucca blossoms        Images © Mark A. Chappell

Several species of yuccas grow throughout much of western North America. When they blossom, they put up a large stalk with hundreds of flowers. The ones below were growing near Cajon Pass in southern California,or in front of a hillside covered with California poppies and baby blue-eyes near Lake Elsinore, California in the very wet spring of 2001; the close-ups were taken of plants blooming near Palm Desert, California, and near Zion National Park in Utah in late November.

  • Nikon F100, Nikon 80-400 VR lens at 400mm, Ektachrome 100VS (2001)
  • Canon 1D Mk. II, 7D, 1D3, 1D IV, or 5D4; 500 mm IS lens plus 2X converter and fill-in flash or 70-200/4 IS zoom, or Tamron 180 mm macro lens with ringflash, or Tokina 11-16 mm, or Canon 16-35 f4 (2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2017)