| The visual identity of the American southwest has | | | | Though their habitat is threatened by human |
| certain iconic signifiers: desert plains, tumbleweeds, | | | | encroachment, the Saguaro is a common cactus and |
| rusty-red rock formations and a certain towering | | | | is not endangered. They are a protected species in the |
| cactus called the Saguaro. These cacti, some as tall | | | | confines of Arizona's Saguaro National Park. |
| as 50 feet and as heavy as 8 tons, are one of the | | | | Though it may eventually grow as tall as a 2 story |
| greatest symbols of America's wild deserts. | | | | house, the Saguaro is a very slow-developing cactus |
| The Saguaro Cactus is found only in the Sonora | | | | that only grows between 1 and 1 1/2 inches in the 1st 8 |
| Desert, from sea-level to elevations of approximately | | | | years of its life. |
| 4,000 feet, and limited by freezing winter temperatures. | | | | |