The Saguaro Cactus: A Natural History (Southwest Center

The Saguaro Cactus: A Natural History (Southwest Center Series)
The saguaro, with its great size and characteristic shapeâ€”its arms stretching heavenward, its silhouette often resembling a humanâ€”has become the emblem of the Sonoran Desert of southwestern Arizona and northwestern Mexico. The largest and tallest cactus in the United States, it is both familiar and an object of fascination and curiosity.

This book offers a complete natural history of this enduring and iconic desert plant. Gathering everything from the saguaroâ€™s role in Sonoran Desert ecology to its adaptations to the desert climate and its sacred place in Indigenous culture, this book shares precolonial through current scientific findings.

The saguaro is charismatic and readily accessible but also decidedly different from other desert flora. The essays in this book bear witness to our ongoing fascination with the great cactus and the plantâ€™s unusual characteristics, covering the saguaroâ€™s
- history of discovery,
- place in the cactus family,
- ecology,
- anatomy and physiology,
- genetics, and
- ethnobotany.
The Saguaro Cactus offers testimony to the cactusâ€™s prominence as a symbol, the perceptions it inspires, its role in human society, and its importance in desert ecology.
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Country USA
Brand University of Arizona Press
Manufacturer University of Arizona Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780816540044
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780816540044
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	University of Arizona Press
Manufacturer	University of Arizona Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780816540044
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780816540044
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Saguaro Cactus: A Natural History (Southwest Center Series)

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