with many leaves in a cluster (filling a hemisphere) …
near the ground or at top of one stem[?] (no branching)
leaves=fan-shaped, long petiole[?]
🌴︎ California fan palm  Washingtonia filifera  or
near the ground or at end of each stem[?] or branch
leaves=spear-shaped, no petiole[?]
⚶ yucca  genus Yucca

Learn more about 🌴︎ palms family Arecaceae

Formerly or alternately called family Palmae.

Part of order Asparagales.

As a common name, "palms" include some species of other families asparagus  family Asparagaceae, tree ferns  family Cyatheaceae, family Cyclanthaceae, fern  family Dicksoniaceae (poster),  Adobe Acrobat Reader file and 🌾︎ grass  family Poaceae (poster).  Adobe Acrobat Reader file

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Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

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🌴︎ California fan palm  Washingtonia filifera Joshua tree  Yucca brevifolia soaptree yucca  Yucca elata