• Plant: Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea)
  • Uploaded by AgaveGirl1
  • Info: Entire plant / 2013-04-17 / San Tan Valley, AZ / License: All rights reserved
  • Caption: For reference I am 5 feet 3 inches tall. This is the biggest Saguaro I have seen anywhere and probably one of the oldest!
Photo of Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) uploaded by AgaveGirl1

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Location: San Tan Mountain Regional Park, AZ
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My favorite cactus, it represents such majesty.
Location: San Tan Valley Mountain Regional Park, AZ
Date: 2010-03-16
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Date: 2015-05-24
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Date: 2022-04-04
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Date: 2012-03-13
Location: San Tan Valley Mountain Regional Park, Az
Date: 2013-04-17
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Location: Gilbert, AZ
Date: 2017-09-08
Full moon in the background
Location: San Tan Mountain Regional Park, AZ
Date: 2013-04-17
good, up close, detailed look at the dead 'flesh' and skeleton of
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Date: 2011-05-02
Location: Mesa, AZ.
Date: 2015-04-18
New growth on a 2.5 foot tall Saguaro
Location: South Bella Vista Drive, Tucson, AZ
Date: 2023-09-10
A saguaro cactus with a prickly pear cactus growing at a joint:
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Date: 2013-04-17
Nice closeup of arms of Saguaro
Location: San Tan Mountain Regional Park, AZ
Date: 2013-04-17
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dying Saguaro

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What a saguaro looks like once it's been cut down. Very sad.
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Date: 2014-12-26
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Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
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Date: 2014-05-18
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Feel sad to include this one but thought it interesting to note t
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