Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, USA

Saguaro And Nurse Plant.

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 A saguaro cactus that has grown up under a nurse plant in the sonora desert of southern Arizona. Saguaros have a greater chance of survival if they take root under a nurse plant, in this case a palo verde tree.  Arizona.  Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. © 2005 Bill Pogue

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A saguaro cactus that has grown up under a nurse plant in the sonora desert of southern Arizona. Saguaros have a greater chance of survival if they take root under a nurse plant, in this case a palo verde tree.
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