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 ...

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.

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 ...