Saguaros

Author : Mark Klett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saguaros written by Mark Klett and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Klett has been photographing the deserts of the American West, in particular the beauties of the Sonoran landscape--a desert that sprawls across southern Arizona and northern Mexico. Along with coyotes and tumbleweeds, saguaro cacti are one of the most recognizable (and stereotypical) features of this region. Klett's portraits of these giant desert plants are straightforward and frontal. Klett is known for teasing out the implications of man's presence in the environment: here, vital young saguaros, middle-aged contenders with gunshot wounds and wizened elders are treated as worthy inhabitants. This beautifully produced volume, featuring 40 deluxe tritone images, presents a selection of Klett's most evocative portraits with an essay by acclaimed writer Gregory McNamee.

Author : Anna Humphreys
Publisher : Rio Nuevo Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781887896306
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saguaro written by Anna Humphreys and published by Rio Nuevo Pub. This book was released on 2002 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ask a child to draw a picture of a cactus, and the result will probably look like a saguaro. Indeed, mass media have made this denizen of the Sonoran Desert universally recognizable, and perhaps just as misunderstood. In Saguaros: Desert Giants, Anna Humphreys and Susan Lowell share true stories about this amazing, anthropomorphic cactus that are at least as intriguing as the folklore. A saguaro can grow to be a towering fifty feet or more and live for as long as two centuries. During rainy seasons, a large saguaro can soak up literally hundreds of gallons of water in its expandable, accordion-folded trunk and arms. For uncounted generations, the Tohono O'odham people in Arizona have harvested the sweat saguaro fruits to make syrup and wine. Profusely illustrated with contemporary and historic photographs and other artwork, Saguaros: Desert Giants celebrates these iconic cacti while arguing that the need to preserve their critical Sonoran Desert habitat is more pressing now than ever.

Author : Barbara Bash
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 9781578050857
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Desert Giant (pb) written by Barbara Bash and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2002-09-06 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A venerable saguaro cactus stands like a statue in the hot desert landscape, its armlike branches reaching fifty feet into the air. From a distance it appears to be completely still and solitary--but appearances can be deceptive. In fact, this giant tree of the desert is alive with activity. Its spiny trunk and branches are home to a surprising number of animals, and its flowers and fruit feed many desert dwellers. Gila woodpeckers and miniature elf owls make their homes inside the saguaro's trunk. Long-nosed bats and fluttering white doves drink the nectar from its showy white flowers. People also play a role in the saguaro's story: each year the Tohono O'odham Indians gather its sweet fruit in a centuries-old harvest ritual. In this first volume of Sierra Club Books' Tree Tales series, a simple, easy-to-read text and appealing drawings document the life cycle of this amazing cactus tree and the creatures it helps to support. Readers will come away with a better understanding of and a lasting respect for this accomodating giant of the desert.

Author : William L. Bird
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816552835
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Arms of Saguaros written by William L. Bird and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Arms of Saguaros pictures how nature's sharpest curves became a symbol of the American West. From the botanical explorers of the nineteenth century to the tourism boosters in our own time, saguaros and their images have fulfilled attention-getting needs and expectations.

Author : David Yetman
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816540047
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Saguaro Cactus written by David Yetman and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The saguaro, with its great size and characteristic shape—its arms stretching heavenward, its silhouette often resembling a human—has become the emblem of the Sonoran Desert of southwestern Arizona and northwestern Mexico. The largest and tallest cactus in the United States, it is both familiar and an object of fascination and curiosity. This book offers a complete natural history of this enduring and iconic desert plant. Gathering everything from the saguaro’s role in Sonoran Desert ecology to its adaptations to the desert climate and its sacred place in Indigenous culture, this book shares precolonial through current scientific findings. The saguaro is charismatic and readily accessible but also decidedly different from other desert flora. The essays in this book bear witness to our ongoing fascination with the great cactus and the plant’s unusual characteristics, covering the saguaro’s: history of discovery, place in the cactus family, ecology, anatomy and physiology, genetics, and ethnobotany. The Saguaro Cactus offers testimony to the cactus’s prominence as a symbol, the perceptions it inspires, its role in human society, and its importance in desert ecology.

Author : Doris Evans
Publisher : Western National Parks Association
ISBN 13 : 1877856363
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saguaro National Monument written by Doris Evans and published by Western National Parks Association. This book was released on 1993 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces visitors to this Sonoran Desert preserve in southern Arizona, where diverse plant and animal communities thrive in a challenging land of little rain and torrid summers. Photos by George H. H. Huey, C. Allan Morgan, Edward McCain, and others.

Author : Dale S. Turner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.4V/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ten-year Resurvey of Epidermal Browning and Population Structure of Saguaro Cactus (Carnegiea Gigantea) in Saguaro National Park written by Dale S. Turner and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Warren F. Steenbergh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecology of the Saguaro written by Warren F. Steenbergh and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Warren F. Steenbergh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecology of the Saguaro, II written by Warren F. Steenbergh and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Yetman
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816541256
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Saguaro Cactus written by David Yetman and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The saguaro, with its great size and characteristic shape—its arms stretching heavenward, its silhouette often resembling a human—has become the emblem of the Sonoran Desert of southwestern Arizona and northwestern Mexico. The largest and tallest cactus in the United States, it is both familiar and an object of fascination and curiosity. This book offers a complete natural history of this enduring and iconic desert plant. Gathering everything from the saguaro’s role in Sonoran Desert ecology to its adaptations to the desert climate and its sacred place in Indigenous culture, this book shares precolonial through current scientific findings. The saguaro is charismatic and readily accessible but also decidedly different from other desert flora. The essays in this book bear witness to our ongoing fascination with the great cactus and the plant’s unusual characteristics, covering the saguaro’s: history of discovery, place in the cactus family, ecology, anatomy and physiology, genetics, and ethnobotany. The Saguaro Cactus offers testimony to the cactus’s prominence as a symbol, the perceptions it inspires, its role in human society, and its importance in desert ecology.