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<span style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">Saguaro cactus, known scientifically as </span><i><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">Carnegiea gigantea</span></i><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">,
is a tree-like cactus, growing up to 53 feet high and native to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, California, and Mexico. This long-lived, late-maturing species begins flowering at about 52 years of age and may live to be 200 years old. Scientists are concerned
that the prolonged extreme heat is impacting this iconic plant of our desert southwest.</span></div>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><strong class="x_ContentPasted2 ContentPasted0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Saguaro cacti collapsing in Arizona extreme heat, scientist says</strong></span><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px"><br class="x_ContentPasted2 ContentPasted0" style="font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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