In addition to thousands of saguaro cacti, Ironwood Forest National Monument is home to ironwood trees, the longest-living trees in the Sonoran Desert and an important part of the desert ecology.

After thousands of rare Chilean cacti were found in the house of an Italian collector, a years-long trial slowly unravelled ...

Cacti grow in desert conditions where there is very little ... The following adaptations make them suited to mountain forests: Needles reduce water loss and protect from grazing animals.

But the only secluded shady spots in the desert are often right next to a cholla cactus, so contact is inevitable! But even worse was the array of dislodged pads on or in the ground already ...