Giant Saguaro Cactus
2011. Giant Saguaro Cactus. discoverseaz.com
General description of saguaros; flowers, pollinators, growth, water usage, nurse plant, presence in Saguaro National Park's Rincon Mountain District and Tucson Mountain District, animals and birds that use nests built in saguaros by gilded flicker and Gila woodpecker, and a photo of a crested saguaro. Includes historical descriptions of saguaros from visitors to southeastern Arizona: John Russell Bartlett in 1852 and J. Ross Browne in 1864. Descriptions include the observed use of its fruits by indigenous people
- Type
- Generic Document
- Date of Issue
- 2011-10-03
- Publisher
- discoverseaz.com
- Units
- SAGU
- Keywords
- Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Cereus giganteus, crested saguaro, Giant Cereus, J. Ross Browne, John Russell Bartlett, nurse plant, Saguaro, Saguaro National Park, white-winged dove