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Tucker, a member of the Tohono O’odham Nation, carries on the ancient custom of plucking the fruit from the giant saguaro cactus, but she must work quickly. Once the rains soak the land ...

On Wednesday, Sun Corridor Inc. loaded a 21-foot saguaro cactus on a flat-bed truck to deliver to Jeff Bezos at Amazon in Seattle, in a bid to bring Amazon's planned second headquarters to Tucson ...

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The sun rises behind a saguaro cactus on Mandi Wirtala's last run of the Ragnar Del Sol race in 2015. The last iteration of the Del Sol, an overnight relay race from Wickenburg to Mesa, will take ...

A saguaro cactus stands under the stars in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in southern Arizona on Feb. 19, 2015. David Wallace/The Republic ...

A saguaro starts to flower around 35 years and produces its first arm around 50 years of age. At 125 years, a saguaro is generally considered an adult. The lifespan of the saguaro is 150 to 200 years.

A young cactus may only grow one to 1.5 inches in its first eight years, while an adult saguaro can reach 60 feet in height. The amount of available water impacts their growth. Pat Shannahan/The ...

A sage survivor in the Sonoran desert, the stately saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) reigns over Tucson’s Southwestern landscape. The largest known cactus is symbolic of Arizona (the state flower) ...