THE MAJESTIC SAGUARO OF THE SONORAN DESERT

THE SAGUARO CACTUS OF THE 

SONORAN DESERT

ARIZONA

 Map Courtesy of National Parks Service

A good place to sat if visiting in Arizona and walking the McDowell Mountains where there are many Saguaro is

Scottsdale Marriott at McDowell Mountains

The magnificent Saguaro are a tree-like cactus  that grow to 12 meters and live in the Somoran Desert in Arizona, Mexico and Imperial County in Califirnia. The live to over 150 years and the first arm does not appear until they are 80-100 years old. Airizona use the flower of the cactus as the state flower and tightly so.