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The Saguaro Cactus is a cactus that has smooth and waxy skin and is covered with 2-inch spines on the cacti’s vertical ribs. The Cactus is supported by 12-30 internal woody ribs. When it rains the cactus body soaks up the water. The Saguaro Cactus steam can be 18-24 inches in diameter. The Cactus and its branches grow upright along with every other cactus in Desert Southwest. The Saguaro Cactus flower is the Arizona state flower. During late spring to early summer the cactus puts out a white flower with yellow centers that is found on the end of the branches, measuring about 3-inches in diameter. Those flowers open only on cooler nights. Birds, Bats and Bees pollunate the flower. The Saguaro Cactus usualy will have holes punched out were Gila woodpeckers have taken up living in them, but after a while the Cactus will cover up those holes. The holes make execellent living places because of the moisture there very weel insluated. The Saguaro Cactus can live up to about 200 years old and become up to 75 feet tall. The Saguaro Cactus grows in southern Arizona to northwestern Mexico also into Southeastern California. In the Sonoran Desert the Saguaro Cactus can grow in very limited areas below 3,500 feet It likes to grow on deserts slopes and flats, and rocky bajadas in the Sonoran Desert. To live the Cactus doesn't need much water to grow.There is a national park to protect the Saguaro cactus. The National Park is called Saguaro National Park and is located 60 miles North of the Mexican border.The Saguaro cactus is most likely the most popular design when you think of Arizona, you usually think of the Saguaro Cactus. The Cactus usually weight over five tons. The arms begin around Twelve feet off the ground. They average maturity at around thirty-five feet. When the woody still standing mean landing perches for birds. |
