Curious about the flora that adds authenticity to desert scenes in movies like Dune? Delve into eight desert plants that will take your breath away.

DESCRIPTION: From a distance, the Pima pineapple cactus resembles a small barrel cactus. It is distinguished ... HABITAT: The Pima pineapple cactus grows in semi-desert grassland and Sonoran Desert ...

Many desert plants are built to protect their water stores, and none are better defended than the cactus. Filming in the Sonoran Desert ... sprout dozens of swollen barrel-like buds that break ...

In the Sonoran Desert, surrounded by five mountain ranges and 350 days of sunshine, lies Tucson where native edible plants ...

Cactus ferruginous pygmy owls are named for the saguaro cactuses ... Sadly they’re no match for urban development gobbling up their unique Sonoran Desert habitat in the U.S. Southwest. These tiny owls ...

Cacti and other plants like chollas, prickly pears, barrel cacti ... kangaroo rats, cactus wrens, chuckwallas, and deer. Saguaros abound at the Sonoran Desert National Monument.

Visitors who arrive mid-February through mid-June will see an abundance of blooming cactus just begging for ... colored plants sharply contrast the Sonoran Desert's cinnamon-red buttes, and ...