saguaro: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Carnegiea gigantea • Cereus giganteus • giant cactus • sahuaro

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Tall saguaro cacti stand throughout a desert landscape with scattered shrubs and distant rocky hills at Saguaro National Park, Arizona.

A tall saguaro cactus with multiple arms stands in a desert landscape with shrubs and a blue sky in the background.

Saguaro (Cereus giganteus) growing in Saguaro National Monument, Arizona

desert ecosystem

Behold Saguaro National Park plant life. such as the saguaro cactus, unique to the Sonoran Desert

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