The saguaro cactus is a distinctive icon of the American Southwest ... and spread out as wide as the cactus is tall to maximize the plants’ ability to collect water during the winter and summer rains.

(The world’s tallest cactus, which was felled by a windstorm in 1986, was a 78-foot-tall saguaro in Cave Creek, Arizona, that was estimated to be 150 years old. It was also armless.) Water plays a ...

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 ...

Water is located at both visitor centers ... Extremely slow-growing, the Saguaro Cactus grows about an inch a year in its ...

The saguaro cactus, a symbol of Arizona, faces growing threats from extreme weather events. Prolonged cold temperatures, in ...

It can weigh up to six tonnes, which is mainly the weight of the stored water. Some of these cacti are 250 years old. The Gila woodpecker nests inside the stem of the saguaro cactus where the ...

The Foothills Speaker Series, presented by the Holland Center and Desert Foothills Land Trust, invites the public to an ...