cactus
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The Southwest’s Famous Cacti Are in Trouble
One of the Southwest’s most familiar plants may be in deep trouble. The towering, multi-armed saguaro cactus, which is found only in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, California, and parts of Mexico, has faced increasing instability as climate change alters its natural habitat through droughts and wildfires. The cacti can live well over a century…
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Seeing Cactuses Bloom Flowers Is Like Watching Aliens Grow Tumours
Usually when you see flowers bloom, it’s a beautiful, almost hypnotic phenomenon. It’s not exactly that poetic with cactuses though. Though the flowers themselves are ridiculously vibrant, the cactuses look like they have had radioactive appendages randomly glued onto their bodies.