sonora desert
Jul 18 2007, Rajni

Cardon- The World’s Tallest Cactus

If you are heading to the Sonora Desert in Baja California, you can’t afford to miss the World’s Tallest Cactus. According the Guiness World Records 2007 edition, cardon (Pachycereus pringlet), it is the tallest..

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