PLANTS OF PINACATE #2

An extensive stand of senita, or "old man
cactus" (Cereus schottii) growing in the
shelter of a nurse tree, ironwood. Almost all cacti begin
life as seedlings in the shelter of a tree or shrub. For
more information see Nurse
trees.

This group of saguaro cacti, of various ages, would have
developed in the shelter of a nurse tree, which has now
died, leaving little trace.
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