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| The slow growing cardon is one of the most massive of all cacti. While the average mature cardon may reach a height of 30 feet, individuals are known to have grown as tall as 60 feet, weighing as much as 25 tons. Most adult cardon have several side branches that may be as massive as the trunk. The lifespan of the cardon is measured in hundreds of years! Adult cardon is adapted to the hot, arid climate of Baja California, but as a seedling and juvenile it depends for survival on nurse plants, such as mesquite (Prosopis articulata). In alluvial soils in southern Baja California, the cardons, and other cacti, occupy an extensive area but there existence is threatened by unregulated development. Visit the Bashan Foundation and CIBNOR for more information. |
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Did You Know? Archives:
Cardon
the giant cardon can grow to over 60 ft. high? full version
Adelita
loggerhead turtles travel all the way from Japan to the coast of the Baja California peninsula? full version
Berrendo
the Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve is home to the Berrendo, one of the fastest mammals on Earth? full version
Elephant seals
elephant seals can dive to depths of up to 5000ft? full version
San Pedro Martir
there's snow on the Baja California peninsula? full version
Gray Whale
during its lifetime the average Gray Whale will have travelled a distance equal to a round trip to the moon? full version
Cabo Pulmo Reef
that the coral reef at Cabo Pulmo National Park is the only hard coral reef in all of the Baja California peninsula? full version
Cirio
Cirios have been estimated to be up to 360 years old? full version
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