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Saguaro
Saguaro
Carnegiea gigantea
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
150-200 yrs
Size
Huge
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Desert
Range
North America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Spines
Status
Common

About

A towering columnar cactus of the Sonoran Desert with thick pleated arms that bend skyward as the plant ages. A saguaro may not grow its first arm until it is 75 years old, and the largest individuals live past two centuries.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Carnegiea
Species
Carnegiea gigantea