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Extensive Forest of Cardon Cactus on the Summit Ridge of San Pedro Martir Island, Sea of Cortez, Mexico. The island and its marine life are, since 2002, part of the San Pedro Martir Biosphere Reserve, and is regarded as a natural laboratory of adaptive evolution, similar to that of the Galapagos Islands. It is home to 292 species of fauna and flora (both land-based and aquatic), with 42 species protected by Mexican law, and 30 listed on the Red List of Threatened Species. San Pedro Martir is also unique in the area for its year-round quantity of birds. The island is the only island in the area with a perpetually swirling cloud of sea birds. This is because the water around the island, has some of the most successful marine productivity in the world.
Location: Isla San Pedro Martir, Sonora, Mexico
Image ID: 40406  

Cardon on Isla San Jose, looking across to Baja California, aerial photo, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Cardon cactus, Elephant cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Location: Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 37331  

Cardon on Isla San Jose, looking across to Baja California, aerial photo, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Cardon cactus, Elephant cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Location: Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 37340  

Cardon on Isla San Jose, looking across to Baja California, aerial photo, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Cardon cactus, Elephant cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Location: Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 37341  

Cardon on Isla San Jose, looking across to Baja California, aerial photo, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Cardon cactus, Elephant cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Location: Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 37345  

Cardon cactus, near La Paz, Baja California, Mexico. Known as the elephant cactus or Mexican giant cactus, cardon is largest cactus in the world and is endemic to the deserts of the Baja California peninsula. Some specimens of cardon have been measured over 21m (70) high. These slow-growing plants live up to 300 years and can weigh 25 tons. Cardon is often mistaken for the superficially similar saguaro of Arizona and Sonora, but the saguaro does not occupy Baja California.
Species: Cardon cactus, Elephant cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Location: La Paz, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 05497  

Cardon cactus, near La Paz, Baja California, Mexico. Known as the elephant cactus or Mexican giant cactus, cardon is largest cactus in the world and is endemic to the deserts of the Baja California peninsula. Some specimens of cardon have been measured over 21m (70) high. These slow-growing plants live up to 300 years and can weigh 25 tons. Cardon is often mistaken for the superficially similar saguaro of Arizona and Sonora, but the saguaro does not occupy Baja California.
Species: Cardon cactus, Elephant cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Location: La Paz, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 05499