No, the soap tree yucca is a species of North American deserts only.
The soap tree yucca (Yucca elata) is native to southwestern North America, in the Sonoran Desert and Chihuahuan Desert in the United States and Mexico. See map above.
The Sahara desert is renowned for its majestic sand dunes. The whole desert is made of a deep yellow-brown sand. Each grain is fine and purely sand. There is the occasional water hole or oasis, some habitation, reptiles such as snakes and lizards. There are many shrivelled and malnourished trees and vegetation, while camels travel up and down the desert.The correct term is the Sahara; which is Arabic for desert. The desert is found in Africa north of the equator, and stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east. It is the world's largest hot desert.
IROKO tree. These can be found in NIgeria .. and some west African rain forest zones.
The baobab tree is often found in desert and dry areas. They can be found throughout the Sahara, as well as in India.
Yes, they do thrive there. See the related links belolw for more info:
The Palo Verde has green branches and is found in the desert southwest of the United States.
cypress . it is also found in the other dezersts of AFRICA.
There is no such thing as a "Joshua Cactus." There is, however, the Joshua tree which is a tree-like yucca found mainly in the Mojave Desert. It can live for hundreds of years and some specimens as old as 1000 years have been found.
Ironwood is a type of tree. It grows in the Sonoran Desert.
Joshua trees would be found in a hot desert, such as the Mojave. Sage (Artemisia tridentata) would be in a cold winter desert such as the Colorado Plateau Desert and Great Basin Desert.
Vegetation including:Cacti ( Barrel Cactus , Organ Pipe, saguaro)Trees (Elephant tree, palm trees, Joshua tree)Bushes (Creosote bush)Flowers (marigold, desert pincushion, desert primrose)Other plants including desert sage, desert lily also can be found in the desert.
The Joshua tree is the only tree that grows in the Mojave Desert in California. Not only is the Joshua tree NOT the only tree native to the Mojave Desert, it not a tree. it is a member of the lily family.