1. The saguaro is a protected plant under state law.

2. As prickly as a saguaro cactus.

3. Saguaro cactus are very slow growing.

4. A third saguaro lies full-length in the dirt, one end squashed flat and stamped with the imprint of tire treads.

5. I shrink into the shade of a skinny saguaro -- the best available option -- to wait.

6. Prickly pear cacti fill the foreground and saguaros cover the distant hills in Arizona's Saguaro National Park.

7. David Hallstrom performed the ceremony at Saguaro Buttes Community Church, where he is the pastor.

8. A full grown saguaro cactus can hold as much as 201 gallons (760 liters) of water.

9. They include the endangered Mexican Wolf and giant Saguaro cactus.

10. A saguaro cactus stands tall amid a frenzy of lightning bolts in Arizona.

11. A short drive to the west is the Saguaro National Park, home to cartoon-style cacti.

12. A thick stand of cactus, such as a Saguaro forest, can migrate onto or off of a patch of southwestern desert in little as 100 years.

13. Tour fare includes Saguaro, White Sands, Lake Powell, Petrified Forest National Park entrance fee.

14. Every Saguaro was saved, every boulder, Palo Verde, and contour preserved.

15. In a time-lapse film, a Saguaro grove would seem to creep across the desertscape like a pool of mercury.

16. The drama unfolded on the Giant Saguaro Cactus in Arizona's Sonoran Desert.

17. "We risk losing iconic charismatic megaflora such as saguaro cactus and joshua trees," co-author Steven Archer of the University of Arizona, Tucson, said at a press conference.

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18. Saguaro cacti stand in the desert as a thunderstorm rolls overhead. Lightning in dry areas increases the risk of brush fires.

19. A short drive to the west is the Saguaro National Park, home to cartoon-style cacti. There are looping drives, hikes, and it's a local favourite for sunsets.

20. Tour fare includes Saguaro , White Sands, Lake Powell, Monument Valley, Petrified Forest National Park entrance fee.

21. The couple were married Nov. 7 in an outdoor ceremony near Tucson, just outside the Saguaro National Park in the foothills of the Rincon Mountains.

22. This picture may be able to present a better idea that it is literally impossible to hug a saguaro .

23. I saw my first Joshua tree and my first Saguaro yesterday, and many other interesting desert plants.

24. The species responsible for this image a local monarch of the saguaro [ pictured ] of southern Arizona.

25. Burgess can display old photographs of the desert that show in a relatively short time -- over a few decades -- patches of Saguaro drifting over the Tucson basin.