Floris van Breugel / Young California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera) in sunshine among older palms in a remote oasis in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA March

Kirkendall-Spring / California Fan Palm trees {Washingtonia} in Mary's Grove, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA

Kirkendall-Spring / California Fan Palm trees {Washingtonia} with the sun shining through the top leaves, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA

Chris Mattison / Bark of Desert Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera) California, USA, May.

Tim Fitzharris / California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera) pair in oasis, Cottonwood Spring, Joshua Tree National Park, California

Floris van Breugel / Beavertail cacti (Opuntia basilaris) in bloom with California fan palm trees (Washingtonia filifera) behind, Anza-Borrego State Park, California, April.

Floris van Breugel / Panoramic view of a California Fan Palm Tree within the Anza Borrego NP desert, California, USA, April 2009

Tim Fitzharris / Real Fan Palm (Hyphaene petersiana), Anza-Borrego Desert, California

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Real Fan Palm (Hyphaene petersiana) trees, Lost Palms Oasis, Joshua Tree National Monument, California

Tim Fitzharris / California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera) trees, Anza-Borrego Desert, California