Cactuses are an integral part of the Arizona landscape — especially the tall saguaros that tower over swaths of the desert. Each year in the late spring, white blossoms emerge in the desert ...

The Gila woodpecker nests inside the stem of the saguaro cactus where the temperature inside ... plant which can germinate, grow, produce flowers and ripen seeds in the space of ten days after ...

And it's only fitting — the saguaro cactus is an Arizona icon ... The white blossom is the state flower. It's illegal to cut saguaro cactuses down and could result in felony charges.