From the site: Winds of Destiny - RVLife - Saguaro National Park (West) - 11/24/14
The giant saguaro cactus is the trademark of the Sonoran Desert as well as the the Southwest in general. It is North America's largest cactus and can grow to 30'. It has been nicknamed the "desert monarch," and its appearance is indeed regal.It takes 75-100 years for a saguaro cactus to grow "arms." Some never do and are called spears.Saguaro cacti live to be 150-200 years old. Their fruit (that grows on the tip of the arms) was harvested by Native Americans and is sweet to the taste. The tool used to harvest the fruit is made from the "ribs" of dead saguaro. The ribs had many other uses as well. The beautiful white flower that blooms in May is the Arizona state flower. The Sonoran Desert covers 120,000 square miles of southern Arizona, sou ...Read more...
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