Saguaro Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) - Cristate Form - Sonora

Saguaro Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) - Cristate Form - Sonoran Desert - Arizona - Cristate form may be a genetic variant and occurs in about one in two hundred thousand individuals - Record height: 78 feet - Average mature height: 18 to 30 feet, but often reach heights of 50 to 60 feet - Weigh about 80 pounds per foot - grow their first arms at around 12 feet in height or forty to eighty years of age but some never grow arms - Maximum age around 200 years - Provides homes for many desert birds including Harris Hawk, Gila Woodpecker, Red-tailed Hawk, Protected from illegal collecting - Can produce around forty million seeds in a lifetime of which one may mature -

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