Crested Saguaros

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Sabino Canyon, Tucson, Arizona

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Last visited: November 2014.
Last visited: November 2014.
Last visited: March 2011.

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Dead.
Last visited: November 2014.
Last visited: November 2015.
Last visited: November 2015.

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Last visited: November 2014.
Last visited: November 2015.
Last visited: February 2018.

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Last visited: May 2020.
Last visited: May 2020.

Sweetwater Preserve, Tucson, Arizona

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Last visited: April 2024.
Last visited: April 2024.
Last visited: April 2009.

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Last visited: April 2024.
Last visited: April 2024.
Last visited: April 2024.

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Last visited: April 2024.
Last visited: April 2024.
Last visited: November 2025.

Tucson Mountain Park, Arizona

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Last visited: March 2008
(down when revisited April 2014).
Last visited: April 2012.
Dead and collapsing.
Last visited: November 2010.

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Last visited: October 2019.
Reported down October 2025.
Last visited: March 2011.

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Last visited: March 2011.
Last visited: April 2012.

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Last visited: April 2012.
Last visited: April 2012.
Last visited: January 2013.

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Last visited: May 2020.
Last visited: April 2014.
Last visited: April 2014.

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Last visited: November 2014.
Last visited: October 2019.
Last visited: November 2014.

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Last visited: April 2025.
Last visited: October 2019.
Last visited: February 2016.

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Last visited: February 2016.
Last visited: February 2016.
Last visited: February 2016.

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Last visited: November 2016.
Last visited: November 2016.
Last visited: November 2016.

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Last visited: May 2020.
Last visited: October 2019.
Last visited: October 2019.

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Last visited: November 2025.
Last visited: April 2024.
Last visited: April 2024.

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Last visited: April 2025.
Last visited: November 2025.
Last visited: November 2025.

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona

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Last visited: January 2023.
Last visited: March 2008.
Gone when revisited January 2023.

Saguaro National Park, Arizona

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Last visited: October 2016.
Last visited: October 2016.

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Last visited: April 2020.
Last visited: December 2018.

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Last visited: December 2009.
Last visited: February 2019.

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Last visited: March 2010.
Last visited: March 2010.
Last visited: March 2016.

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Last visited: March 2010 (now gone).
Last visited: March 2010.
Last visited: November 2010.

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Last visited: November 2010 (down when revisited April 2014).
Last visited: November 2010.

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Last visited: May 2020.
Last visited: October 2016.

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Last visited: April 2012.
Last visited: January 2013
(down when revisited April 2014).
Last visited: February 2016.

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Last visited: April 2014.
Last visited: April 2014.

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Last visited: November 2017.
Last visited: April 2014.
Last visited: November 2017.

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Last visited: November 2014.
First visited: November 2014 (left 2 images).
Last visited: February 2019 (right image).
Last visited: February 2019.

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Last visited: November 2014.
Last visited: January 2023.
Last visited: November 2021.

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Last visited: November 2015
(reported down July 2018).
Last visited: November 2015.
Last visited: April 2024.

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Last visited: February 2016.
Last visited: February 2016.
Last visited: April 2024.

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Last visited: February 2016.
Last visited: March 2016.
Last visited: March 2016.

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Last visited: March 2016.
Last visited: October 2016.
Last visited: April 2016.

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Last visited: February 2019.
Last visited: February 2019.
Last visited: April 2016.

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Last visited: April 2016.
Last visited: April 2016.
Last visited: April 2016.
At least 30 tips!

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Ring crest. Last visited: May 2016.
Two crested arms. Last visited: October 2016.

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Last visited: November 2021.
Last visited: October 2016.

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Last visited: October 2016.
Last visited: October 2016.
Last visited: February 2019.

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Last visited: October 2016.
Last visited: October 2016.
Last visited: February 2018.

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Last visited: November 2017.
Last visited: February 2018.
Last visited: February 2018.

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Last visited: December 2018.
Last visited: December 2018.
Last visited: February 2019.

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Last visited: February 2019.
Last visited: February 2019.
Last visited: October 2019.

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Last visited: October 2019.
Last visited: November 2019.
Ring crest.
Last visited: November 2019.

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Last visited: November 2019.
Last visited: November 2019.
Last visited: April 2020.

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Last visited: April 2020.
Last visited: November 2025.
Last visited: April 2020.

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Last visited: April 2020.
Last visited: May 2020.
Last visited: May 2020.

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Last visited: May 2020.
At just 44" tall, this may be the shortest
crested saguaro ever documented.
Last visited: May 2020.
Last visited: January 2022.

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Last visited: January 2022.
Last visited: June 2020.
Last visited: June 2020.

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Last visited: June 2020.
Last visited: November 2021.
Last visited: April 2025.


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