We visited Saguaro National Park outside of Tucson AZ. Originally named Saguaro National Monument it consits of 91,000 acres of the Sonaron desert. Giant Saguaro cacti unique to the Sonaron Desert sometime reach a height of 40-60 feet in this catus forrest, with the right growing conditions it is estimated that these catus can live from 150-200 years. These cacti grow very slow. A 10 year old plant may be 1.5 inches tall. When rainfall is plentiful and the saguaro is fully hydrated they can weight between 3200-4200 pounds.
In additon to the Saguaro cacti we found an old Hohokam petroglyph site.
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