Saguaro Garden
Channel: New Mexico Outdoor Sports Guide - NMOSG
Date: 2020-01-09

A lush garden-like forest of Saguaro near Yucca, Arizona.

The saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) is one of the defining plants of the Sonoran Desert. These plants are large, tree-like columnar cacti that develop branches (or arms) as they age, although some never grow arms. These arms generally bend upward and can number over 25. Saguaros are covered with protective spines, white flowers in the late spring, and red fruit in summer.

While it is native to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, the Mexican State of Sonora, and the Whipple Mountains and Imperial County areas of California this stand flourishes in Mohave County, Arizona. 

The saguaro blossom is the state wildflower of Arizona.

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