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Sonoran Desert Rare and Unusual Sightings

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Prickly Pear Growing on a Saguaro

Saguaro

Saguaro

Saguaro

In this case, the prickly pear is a hemiparasite because it doesn't need the saguaro to live and because it can produce its own food.

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