This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Phenology is the study of biological life cycle events, such as flowering and migration. Climate patterns can alter these ...
Most people see their first saguaro (pronounced “sah-wah-roh”) cactus on television, perhaps in a cartoon or a Western movie. The signature plants of the Sonoran Desert, towering saguaro cacti ...
If the first plants you think of when you hear "cactus" are those immense, multi-branched Saguaro cactuses (Carnegiea gigantea) so frequently featured in cowboy movies, you should know there are over ...
Towering structures must be able to bend and sway when subjected to the forces of wind and ground movement, or they will ...
Aim The influence of winter temperatures and other climate variables are explored to determine which variables are associated with saguaro stem diameter and to determine if Bergmann's rule is ...
Although soggy Seattle seems an unlikely place to grow the plant that is the symbol of the driest places on Earth, Dave Nicol has been growing cactuses here for 30 years. His cactus collection numbers ...
Is there a giant saguaro cactus in your yard or neighborhood? The saguaro is a desert plant that is hard to miss. At up to 53 feet in height, the saguaro (pronounced sah-wah'-roe) is the tallest ...
The saguaro cactus, (Carnegiea gigantea), is the iconic symbol of the American West. Even though these large, tree-like columnar cactus are slow growers, mature saguaros can grow to be 40 to 60 feet ...
When Sharmila Dey and Genevieve Erickson began dreaming up names for a youth literary magazine, they wanted something that would represent Tucson. Carnegiea gigantea — the scientific name for the ...