From the archive: This story originally published in The Desert Sun in 2019. On this south-facing slope in Morongo Valley there is a forest of very old Yucca schidigera, known as the Mojave yucca.

Get a plant identification map in the lobby during business hours. Always open. In bloom: Slipper plant, banana yucca, desert willow, creosote and spider agave. Mission Garden 929 W. Mission Lane.