Saguaro NP - East

24 Nov, 2017; Tucson AZ


Saguaro National Park is so big it's split on two sides of Tucson


I love seeing whole hillsides of Saguaro forest! The desert here is crowded with all sorts of cacti, trees, shrubs, grasses, etc that thrive in the dry climate - generally anyway.  The prickly pear that I've been seeing looks pretty dried out in this drought.  Saguaro National Park - East is not too far from my campground.





Transplanted as a seedling in 1916 to the Visitor Center.

These are only a few of the over 20 varieties of cholla (there's also pencil cholla, silver cholla, and the ever popular Christmas Cactus Cholla!)

Cholla - chain fruit variety

Cholla - Teddy-bear variety


Staghorn Cholla


Another end to a lovely day



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