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	Saguaro National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
		Saguaro National Park protects some of the most impressive forests of these sub-tropical giants, on the edge of the modern City of Tucson.
		A hike at Saguaro National Park can be a stroll on a short interpretive nature trail or a day-long wilderness trek.
		Saguaro National Park's geographic location and range of plant communities allow for a large variety in the plants that grow here.
	www.nps.gov /sagu (306 words)

	Saguaro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) is a large, tree-sized cactus species that is native to the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
		Some specimens may live for more than 200 years; the champion saguaro grows in Maricopa County, Arizona and is 13.8 m tall and has a girth of 3.1 m - it was injured as a result of the Cave Creek Complex fire which was started by lightning June 21, 2005.
		The ribs of the saguaro are used for construction and other purposes by Native Americans of the region.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saguaro (319 words)

	Saguaro National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saguaro National Park, located in the state of Arizona, is part of the United States system of national parks.
		Saguaro National Park is divided into two sections, lying approximately 20 miles east and 15 miles west of the centre of the city of Tucson, Arizona.
		The park was established as Saguaro National Monument on March 1, 1933 and changed to a national park on October 14, 1994.
	www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Saguaro_National_Park (319 words)

	SAGUARO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The saguaro is the largest cactus in the USA, commonly reaching a height of 12 metres and an age of up to 200 years.
		One of the principal reasons for this is that the saguaro requires a reasonable amount of water - the annual precipitation averages -- cm in this region - and is fairly tolerant of frosts.
		The main stems of saguaros are supported by woody ribs, on the outside of which is a thick cortex of succulent, water-holding tissue and a thick epidermis to prevent water loss.
	helios.bto.ed.ac.uk /bto/desbiome/saguaro.htm (883 words)

	Saguaro National Park
		The saguaro has been described as the monarch of the Sonoran Desert, as a prickly horror, as the supreme symbol of the American Southwest, and as a plant with personality.
		Saguaro seedlings that grow under these sheltering plants are shaded from the desert's intense sunlight, blanketed from winter cold, and hidden from rodents, birds, and other animals that eat them.
		Saguaros that live 150 years or more attain the grandest sizes, towering as high as 50 feet and weighing 8 tons, sometimes more, dwarfing every other living thing in the desert.
	www.rozylowicz.com /retirement/saguaro/saguaro.html (969 words)

	Side Canyon: Saguaro National Park Guide, Arizona's Sonoran Desert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Saguaro cacti provide their sweet fruits to hungry desert animals and also provide homes to a variety of birds, such as the Harris’ hawk, Gila woodpecker and the tiny elf owl.
		The saguaro reaches maturity when it is more than a century old, by which time it may have put forth as many as fifty arms.
		Saguaros are often scarred with holes dug out by nesting birds, which harden and become permanent but do not harm the plant.
	www.sidecanyon.com /features/deserts2a.htm (1383 words)

	Saguaros National Park
		Saguaro National Park, previously Saguaro National Monument, consists of 91,327 acres which contain spectacular examples of Sonoran Desert ecosystem including a wide variety of desert plants, and of course the famous saguaro cactus, symbol of the American Southwest.
		In the eastern part of the park the saguaro used grow in a relatively thick forest, but years of grazing by cattle resulted in a serious decline in the numbers and densities of these giants.
		The saguaro cactus can soak up to 200 gallons of water when it is available and it can make this supply last for a year.
	www.shannontech.com /ParkVision/Saguaro/Saguaro.html (1282 words)

	The Saguaro - Cacti and Succulents
		Saguaro is the signature cactus of the American Southwest.
		Saguaros are typically about 40 to 60 feet in height and about a foot in diameter.
		The best results are when saguaro seeds happen to land in a relatively cool, moist spot where another plant can provide it with some protection from the hot, drying sun.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art27671.asp (598 words)

	Feature Story (June 22 - June 28, 1995)
		The saguaro juice is returned to the fire and boiled down into a thick syrup.
		Saguaro fruit is a rich reward for those who approach the plant with collecting poles rather than rocks or rifles or bulldozers.
		Wild foods like saguaro and mesquite pods were important to the desert peoples, but the summer crops of corn, beans and squash grown in fields supplied by floodwater runoff were also essential.
	www.tucsonweekly.com /tw/06-22-95/cover.htm (1328 words)

	Saguaro Cactus
		Saguaros first blossom when they are 50 to 60 years old (7 to 8 feet tall), and do so for only one night.
		For the saguaro tea, the pulp is scooped out, dried on racks and mixed with rose hips, rose leaves and strawberries to make a light zingy tea that is very popular and sold in most states.
		The ranger at Saguaro National Park in Tucson indicated a tiny sampling of the renewable fruit may be permitted.
	www.trailwisdom.com /saguaro_cactus.htm (2737 words)

	Saguaro National Park Information Page
		The saguaro also provided seeds for the Tohono O‘Odhams and their chickens to eat, and strong woody ribs, which the plant uses to support its huge weight, to build shelters and fences.
		The saguaro collects water with a network of roots that lies about 3 inches below the surface and stretches as far out from the main stem as the saguaro is tall.
		Saguaros that live 150 years or more attain the grandest size, towering as much as 50 feet and weighing 8 tons, sometimes more, dwarfing every other living thing in the desert.
	www.saguaro.national-park.com /info.htm (2349 words)

	Saguaro National Monument
		Together Saguaro West and the much larger Saguaro East preserve 83,576 acres of the life and landscape of the Sonoran Desert, including the park's namesake, the saguaro.
		Saguaro East, also called the Rincon Mountain District, encompasses an aging saguaro forest at the foot of the majestic Rincon Mountains, as well as an exceptional variety of other desert communities.
		Saguaro West, also known as the Tucson Mountain District, embraces a wide variety of Sonoran Desert life against the backdrop of the rugged Tucson Mountains.
	www.hanksville.org /voyage/misc/SaguaroNP.html (1098 words)

	Insects and the Saguaro
		The saguaro, Carnegiea gigantea, is a well-known symbol of the Sonoran Desert.
		Early in the life of a saguaro, when a nurse plant protects it and growth is slow, a jet-fl, longhorn beetle, Moneilema gigas, may find a seedling saguaro and consume it.
		A small chunk of rotting saguaro (about 1 cubic foot, or 2300 cm3) was examined at the University of Arizona; it yielded 413 individual arthropods, including adult and larval beetles, larval flies, pseudoscorpions, and mites.
	www.desertmuseum.org /books/nhsd_insects_saguaro_new.html (1044 words)

	Saguaro Cactus (DesertUSA)
		The magnificent Saguaro Cactus, the state flower of Arizona, is composed of a tall, thick, fluted, columnar stem, 18 to 24 inches in diameter, often with several large branches (arms) curving upward in the most distinctive conformation of all Southwestern cacti.
		The Saguaro often begins life in the shelter of a "nurse" tree or shrub which can provide a shaded, moister habitat for the germination of life.
		While the Whitewing Dove (whose northern range coincides with range of the Saguaro) is one of its primary pollinators, it is the Gila Woodpecker and the Gilded Flicker who make their home in the Saguaro Cactus by chiseling out small holes in the trunk.
	www.desertusa.com /july96/du_saguaro.html (652 words)

	The Long Arm of the Saguaro - National Zoo\| FONZ
		Keystones of the desert ecosystem, saguaro cacti are unique to the Sonoran, their range further confined to elevations between sea level and 4,000 feet because they are intolerant of freezing temperatures.
		Once the saguaro fruit ripens in June, lesser long-nosed bats, white-winged doves (Zenaida asiatica), Gila woodpeckers, and other birds consume the fleshy red pulp and thereby disperse the seeds, which pass through their guts intact.
		Saguaros seem to be perfectly evolved for pollination by bats, according to Mark Dimmitt of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
	nationalzoo.si.edu /Publications/ZooGoer/2005/1/saguaro.cfm (681 words)

	Saguaro National Park, Tucson, Arizona
		The saguaro cactus (Carnegiea Gigantea) is the state symbol of Arizona, appearing on all car license plates, and provides a universally recognized image of the Southwest.
		The saguaro may be only 6 inches high after 10 years, and the characteristic branched appearance is reached only after around 80 years.
		Places near to Saguaro National Park include Chiricahua National Monument (121 miles southeast of Tucson), which has mountains and canyons with unusual rock formations, Copper Creek (63 miles north of Tucson), a remote 'ghost town' set amidst rugged cactus scenery, and the historic mountains in Coronado National Memorial (81 miles south of Tucson).
	www.americansouthwest.net /arizona/saguaro/national_park.html (600 words)

	Worldisround - Saguaro, Land of the Giant Cacti 3/04 - National Parks in Tucson photos
		Saguaro National Park is located near Tucson, one west of I-10 and the other, east of I-10.
		Saguaro grows only in the Lower Sonoran area of Arizona (southwest), but it seems as though it is the most identifiable type of cacti, with its expressive arms.
		The saguaro to the right of Delia is about 30 years old, compared to the big...
	www.worldisround.com /articles/37288 (215 words)

	Saguaro Cactus - Carnegiea gigantea (Cereus giganteus)
		The Saguaro Cactus has a smooth and waxy skin and is covered with two-inch spines that are located on the tree's vertical ribs.
		Gila woodpeckers like the interior of the Saguaro Cactus because it is the only plant it can hollow out for their nest in the desert.
		The Saguaro Cactus is protected by the United States government, because the Saguaro Cactus was beginning to disappear from the landscape.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /saguaro_cactus.htm (540 words)

	Friends of Saguaro National Park - What's New (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Almost everyone who visits Saguaro is fascinated to learn more about our coatimundis, javelinas, coyotes, ringtail cats, cougars, Gila monsters, neotropical migrants, and desert tortoises.
		Saguaro has long been a part of the National Park Service as a national monument, going way back to the 1930's.
		This anniversary is celebrated by many who are glad to have seen Saguaro obtain increased protection and the recognition as a national park that it deserves.
	www.friendsofsaguaro.org /whatsnew.html (904 words)

	Saguaro Seminar: Civic Engagement in America, at JFK School of Government, Harvard University
		We are currently in the midst of longer-term research projects on the inter-relation of workplace policies and practices on social capital on- and off-the-job, on the relationship between social capital, diversity and equality, and on religion and public life.
		The Saguaro Seminar strives to develop a handful of far-reaching, actionable ideas to significantly increase Americans' connectedness to one another and to community institutions.
		In selecting this goal, the Saguaro Seminar is explicitly neither developing a civic engagement blueprint for the twenty-first century that specifies every action to be taken, nor producing a cookbook with thousands of potentially promising programs that may lead to civic engagement.
	www.ksg.harvard.edu /saguaro (1110 words)

	USA South West Saguaro National Park
		Giant saguaro cacti, unique to the Sonoran Desert, sometimes reach a height of 50 feet in this cactus forest, which covers the valley floor, rising into the Rincon and West Tucson mountains.
		Saguaro East,or the Rincon Mountain District, may be reached from Tucson by traveling east on Broadway or Speedway to Freeman Road; turn right to Old Spanish Trail; turn left.
		Saguaro West,or the Tucson Mountain District, may be reached from Tucson by traveling Speedway Road west.
	www.geocities.com /usa_southwest/AZ/NP_Saguaro.html (318 words)

	Saguaro Juniper Corporation
		The Saguaro Juniper Corporation is a group of over 60 associates holding both deeded land and land leased from the State of Arizona.
		Saguaro Juniper associates are more likely to consider themselves stewards of the land rather than owners.
		Saguaro Juniper is a share-holder corporation that makes decisions by a consensual process.
	www.saguaro-juniper.com (86 words)

	Saguaro Cactus - Cereus giganteus
		The Saguaro defines the upper Sonoran Desert both to the scientist and the layman.
		The seedling saguaro must start in a spot sheltered from the desert sun, which can heat the ground surface to over a deadly 150 degrees F (65 degrees C).
		The saguaro grows only at the tip of the stem or arm, if this tip is killed by frost or lightning that stem will stop growing, though more branches usually sprout when this happens.
	www.whitethornhouse.com /cacti/cacti03-01.htm (639 words)

	Saguaro Cactus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Description: The saguaro cactus is one of the dominant forms in the Sonoran Desert.
		Habitat: The saguaro grows on desert slopes and flats, doing best on bajadas--gently sloping plains at the foot of the desert mountains.1 The saguaro begins life under a "nurse" plant, usually a palo-verde or mesquite tree.
		The saguaro was often loaded on trains and shipped to different cities to be displayed in expositions and in parks.
	www.co.pima.az.us /cmo/sdcp/sdcp2/fsheets/key/sag.html (373 words)

	Saguaro National Park - Page One - OutdoorPlaces.Com
		Although it is the state symbol of Arizona, the saguaro cactus grows in a limited area in the hot and dry Sonoran Desert.
		The saguaro cactus is one of the largest cacti species in the world.
		The trail cuts right through the densest saguaro forest in the park, with a majority of the cactus found on the slopes of the gradually climbing hills.
	www.outdoorplaces.com /Destination/USNP/azsaguar (795 words)

	Saguaro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Saguaros are slow growing, taking up to 75 years to reach the point where they will develop a side shoot.
		These two factors combine to place the saguaro on the endangered species list.
		Harming one in any manner (including cactus plugging) is illegal, and when houses or highways are built, special precautions must be taken to move every saguaro affected.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/Saguaro.htm (244 words)

	Non-natives buy into all things saguaro, and they're proud of it \| Arizona Daily Star ®
		Surely you've seen those cheesy saguaro items on sale at your local gift shop, and wondered just who is encouraging the production of such things by actually buying them.
		Paul made a saguaro out of felt to hang from her rearview mirror for the trip out.
		And truly, although real art has sneaked into the collection, such as a Tohono O'odham basket featuring a saguaro fruit harvest, most of the items are silly.
	www.azstarnet.com /dailystar/printDS/18674.php (618 words)

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