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The Organ Pipe Cactus (Paperback)
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The Organ Pipe Cactus (Paperback)
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Distinguished by its slender vertical branches, which resemble the
tubes of a pipe organ, and growing to the imposing height of 15 to
more than 30 feet, it's obvious how the organ pipe cactus got its
name. In the United States, these spectacular and intriguing plants
are found exclusively in a small area of the Sonoran Desert in the
southwestern corner of Arizona. With a landscape marked by sharp,
rocky slopes and daytime highs in the summer reaching 110 degrees
Fahrenheit, the region is inhospitable for most ordinary life,
whether plant or animal. But the organ pipe cactus is far from
ordinary. Although it is the most common columnar cactus, it is so
unusual in the United States that it is only one of three cacti to
have a national preserve established to protect it. In this regard,
it joins a select group of plants--including Joshua trees,
redwoods, and sequoias--upon which that honor has been conferred.
In this beautifully illustrated, large-format book, David Yetman
provides an in-depth and comprehensive look at these intriguing and
picturesque plants that most Americans will never have the
opportunity to see. Chapters explore their ethnobotanical uses,
their habitat, their distribution, and special conditions required
for their germination, establishment, growth, and survival. Yetman
also places the organ pipe in perspective as a member of a genus
with at least twenty-three species, ranging from the prostrate
Stenocereus eruca of Baja California to the 50-foot high giant S.
chacalapensis of the coast of Oaxaca.
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