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Habitat: bajadas, rocky slopes
Life Form: tall columnar cactus
Leaf Description: leafless
Pollinator: bats, insects
Flower Color: white
Flowering Period: May to June,
Spines: short straight
Family: Cactaceae (cactus family)
Abundance: common
Saguaro attracts many desert animals with its delicious red fruit, nectar and seeds. The seeds are rich in gamma-3 fatty acids and the sweet fruits are rich in vitamin C, flavonoids and minerals.
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References
"Arizona Flora", Thomas A. Kearney and Robert H. Peebles, 1960, University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London (out of print)
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"A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona", Ann Orth Epple and Lewis E. Epple, 1995, Falcon Press, Helena, Montana and LewAnn Publishing Co., Mesa, AZ
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"Native Plants for Southwestern Landscapes", Judy Mielke, 1993, University of Texas Press, Austin
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page 104
"100 Desert Wildflowers of the Southwest", Janice Emily Bowers, 1989, Southwest Parks and Monuments Association
page 14
"Sonoran Desert Plants An Ecological Atlas", Raymond M. Turner, Janice E. Bowers and Tony L. Burgess, 1995, The University of Arizona Press, Tucson
page 146
"Deserts: The Audubon Society Nature Guides", MacMahon, James A. 1985. Knopf, Chanticleer Press, NY
plate 331
page 493
"A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert", Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Steven J. Phillips, Patricia Wentworth Comus. 2000. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Press, Tucson
page 184
"Flora of the Gran Desierto and Rio Colorado of Northwest Mexico (Southwest Center Series)", Richard Felger, 2001. University of Arizona Press, Tucson
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page 195
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