Park sights in Tucson

1. Saguaro National Park

   • Tucson, USA
   • Sights › Park

   If you're standing beside a docent at this cacti-filled park, don't refer to the limbs of the saguaro (sah-wah-ro) as branches. As the docent will quickly tell you, the mighty saguaro grows arms, not lowly branches – a distinction that makes sense when you consider their human-like features. They shake your hand, wave at you or draw a gun on you. They are also the most iconic symbol of the American Southwest, and an entire army of these majestic ribbed sentinels is protected in this national park. Their foot soldiers are the spidery ocotillo, the fluffy teddy bear cactus, the green-bean-like pencil cholla and hundreds of other plant species.

   Saguaros grow slowly, taking…

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