Saguaro Cactus
Iconic symbol of the Sonoran Desert and the American Southwest, this saguaro cactus stands tall among the many thousands of others in Southern Arizona near the Mexican border below the Puerto Blanco Mountains.
- Copyright
- ©2015
- Image Size
- 6000x4000 / 13.8MB
- Keywords
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Ajo, Angiosperms, Arizona, C. gigantea, Cactaceae, Cactoideae, Carnegiea, Carnegiea gigantea, Caryophyllales, Cereus giganteus, Eudicots, OPCNM, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Pachycereeae, Pima County, Plantae, Puerto Blanco, Puerto Blanco Mountains, Saguaro, Sonoran Desert, arborescent, arid, botany, cacti, cactus, desert, dicot, flora, giant cactus, green, heat, hurt, mojépe, monotypic, nature, pain, painful, perennial, pitahaya, plant, poke, prickle, prickly, sahuaro, sharp, southwest, spike, spiky, spring, succulent, thorn, thorny, tree, tree-like, west, western, wild
- Contained in galleries
- Pachycereeae, Cactaceae (Cactus Family)