organ pipe cactus
noun
: any of several tall upright cacti (such as Sternocereus thurberi) of the southwestern U.S. and adjacent Mexico that usually branch at the base to form several upright stems
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Also of note: the Sonoran Desert Nature Trail, which offers sweeping mountain views complete with telescopes and an organ pipe cactus forest.
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Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024
Stroll through Desert Botanical Garden’s trails to see the Sonoran Desert’s plant life, including an organ pipe cactus forest, desert wildflowers and towering saguaros.
—Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 20 Jan. 2023
In the photo above, Britton is pictured among specimens of the organ pipe cactus (Lemaireocereus hystrix), on a Botanical Garden expedition to the base.
—Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2010
Those are saguaros and organ pipe cactus the bats visit during their migration north from central and southern Mexico each summer.
—Kendal Blust, azcentral, 18 Nov. 2019
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Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024
Stroll through Desert Botanical Garden’s trails to see the Sonoran Desert’s plant life, including an organ pipe cactus forest, desert wildflowers and towering saguaros.
—Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 20 Jan. 2023
In the photo above, Britton is pictured among specimens of the organ pipe cactus (Lemaireocereus hystrix), on a Botanical Garden expedition to the base.
—Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2010
Those are saguaros and organ pipe cactus the bats visit during their migration north from central and southern Mexico each summer.
—Kendal Blust, azcentral, 18 Nov. 2019
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