Saguaro: The Desert Giant
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 Saguaro: The Desert Giant, 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 generation…
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Weitere Autoren: Lowell, Susan / Humphreys, Glyn
- ISBN: 978-1-887896-30-6
- EAN: 9781887896306
- Produktnummer: 9453593
- Verlag: Rio Nuevo Publ
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 59 S.
- Masse: H30.4 cm x B22.4 cm x D0.5 cm 308 g
- Gewicht: 308
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