A giant shrugs off vandalism, poaching, tales of its demise
Hazen-Hammond S. 1996. A giant shrugs off vandalism, poaching, tales of its demise. Smithsonian
Essay describing saguaros of the Sonoran Desert as a symbol and icon of the American West. Topics include vandalism, Tohono O'Odham saguaro origin story, the saguaro year from flowering, pollination, fruiting, harvesting and processing by the Tohono O'Odham, reproduction and germination, nurse plants, threats to habitat and survival, recruitment, epidural browning, saguaro poaching.
- Type
- Generic Document
- Authors
- Hazen-Hammond, Susan
- Date of Issue
- 1996-01
- Publisher
- Smithsonian
- Units
- SAGU
- Keywords
- bacterial necrosis, cristate, epidural browning, fruit, saguaro, Sonoran Desert, Tohono O'odham, vandalism
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Desert Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Vegetation Complex , Ecological Framework: Human Use | Point-Source Human Effects | Point-Source Human Effects , NPS.gov Subject Site: Deserts