Trying to find an undocumented crested saguaro specimen can be like looking for a cactus needle in a haystack. But this group has cataloged more than 3,000 of the cacti, and they're not telling you where.
The crested saguaro is an uncommon specimen that grows a scalloped crown. An Arizona group is trying to catalog and protect the plants, one at a time.Millions of saguaro cactuses grow in the Sonoran Desert, yet only an estimated one in 200,000 exhibits the spectacular crown of the crested saguaro.
The saguaro, the largest cactus in the U.S., often grow to 40 feet, according to the National Park Service, and one 78-footer set the record. When they reach the age of 60 to 80 years old, a rare few grow the scalloped crest that sets them apart.The widest crest recorded by the society was 17 feet, though members still argue over whether the measurement was logged accurately.
As a security measure, Mr. Orman, 62, a retired aerospace engineer in Prescott, Ariz., and Theodore Codding, 62, a retired public administrator in Tucson, Ariz., are the only two members with access to the society’s full database. The idea is to protect the locations from would-be poachers or vandals.
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