Please Note: Due to the Desert Gala, there will be no Theater Animal Experience Fri 4/25 - Mon 4/28. The Ironwood Restaurant will close at noon on Sun 4/27. The Ironwood Gift Shop, Baldwin Gallery, and the Desert Garden will be closed all day Sun 4/27.

This scene contains all three columnar cacti that occur in the United States. Senita (Lophocereus schottii) is on the left, organ pipe cactus (Stenocereus thurberi) in the middle, and saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) on the right. Senita Basin, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona.


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