Visitors who arrive mid-February through mid-June will see an abundance of blooming cactus just begging for ... colored plants sharply contrast the Sonoran Desert's cinnamon-red buttes, and ...

Located within the Sonoran Desert, Rincon Mountain District (Saguaro ... prickly pear, and barrel cactus, as well as the rare cristate or crested saguaro cactus,” which grows into a fan or ...

Many desert plants are built to protect their water stores, and none are better defended than the cactus. Filming in the Sonoran Desert ... sprout dozens of swollen barrel-like buds that break ...

Cacti and other plants like chollas, prickly pears, barrel cacti ... kangaroo rats, cactus wrens, chuckwallas, and deer. Saguaros abound at the Sonoran Desert National Monument.