Sonoran Desert
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Sonoran desert landscape (winter) on the southeastern edge of the Catalina Mountains near Tucson.  The most
obvious vegetation is the Giant Saguaro.  This is actually a forest of the sub-tropical cacti.
Location of the Sonoran Desert
Life in the Sonoran Desert
Click here for the Desert Museum's
map of the Sonoran Desert.
Plant Life
Animal Life
Santa Rita Prickly Pear
Engelmann's Prickly Pear
Mesquite
Gila Monster
Coyote
Cactus Wren
Javelina
Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
Glossary
Environmental
Health Center
Updated: 4/25/07
Arizona
Deserts
Parks or other
Attractions that
promote the
Sonoran Desert