these towering plants have come to represent America's arid desert regions as a whole. For many travelers, the go-to place to witness these incredible cacti is Saguaro National Park in Arizona.

And on all sides, the air is alive with the songs of desert birds. The deserts of the Southwest provide excellent birding.

The Gila woodpecker nests inside the stem of the saguaro cactus where the temperature ... Boerhavia repens is a desert plant which can germinate, grow, produce flowers and ripen seeds in the ...

This 92,867-acre park is dedicated to the largest cactus in the U.S., the saguaro (pronounced sa-WAH-ro), a universal symbol of the American West. The park is divided into two districts ...

The saguaro cactus is a distinctive icon of the American Southwest, found only in the Sonoran Desert. This towering plant, which can grow up to 60 feet tall and live for more than 200 years, is the ...

But the matter of the saguaro’s so-called branching pattern is one ... it increases the potential damage wildfires can inflict on cacti. In a healthy desert ecosystem, plants are relatively isolated ...

This plant has no stem or leaves ... can store 5,000 litres of water Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea), Sonoran desert, Arizona. A mature saguaro can store 5,000 litres of water.

With over two million cacti dotting the landscape in southeastern Arizona, Saguaro National Park is a must-visit location any time of the year. But in the springtime, the saguaros and a variety of ...