3744 x 5616 px | 31,7 x 47,5 cm | 12,5 x 18,7 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
März 2008
Ort:
Sonoran Desert Arizona USA
Weitere Informationen:
Saguaro Cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) Picacho Peak State Park - Showing Mexican Gold poppies blooming (Eschscholtzia mexicana) - Sonoran Desert - Arizona - Record height 78 feet - Average mature height 18 to 30 feet but often reach heights of 50 to 60 feet - Weighs about 80 pounds per foot -Grows their first arms at around 12 feet in height or forty to eighty years of age but some never grows 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 -Produces a cristate form which may be a genetic variant and occurs in about one in two hundred thousand individuals
