“Nobody wants a two-inch cactus needle to go through them.” Many ecosystems evolved to live with wildfire, but the Sonoran Desert is not one of them. Saguaros have no defense against ...

But it also likes nectar, so a garden with native flowering plants may draw ... scattered cactus. Summer and winter are considered rainy seasons, which means this southern Arizona desert supports ...

But when Logan Sligar saw cactus, he saw opportunity. Now, almost seven years later, Sligar's High Desert Vodka has hit stores and restaurants across Austin with the help of prickly pear cactus ...

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Interest in having cacti as houseplants grew around the world — and so did cactus theft. From the American Southwest to South Africa, desert plants have been targets of plant poaching.

Climate change has made paramount the need to identify food crops that can grow in desert, with little water ... and Mexico for thousands of years, cactus is not routinely a food in most parts ...

But the only secluded shady spots in the desert are often right next to a cholla cactus, so contact is inevitable! But even worse was the array of dislodged pads on or in the ground already ...