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Saguaro Cactus

Carnegiea gigantea

Description:

About 20 feet tall, with several arms, lots of spines and holes that are being used by gila woodpeckers.

Habitat:

Sonoran desert, where Rincon mountain foothills meet basin. An area where there was once a lot of cattle ranching but now hosts the community of Civano.

Notes:

This was found in an area near what the Civano Middle School students know as their iSpots.

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Ava T-B
Ava T-B 12 years ago

Lovely! Welcome to Project Noah!

bowman
Spotted by
bowman

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Spotted on Jan 1, 2012
Submitted on Jan 5, 2012

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