dezene, 
#Saguaro 🌵 are an important part of the #biotic community in the #Sonoran #Desert 🏜️. They are a vital part of the diet of #Indigenous people in the area.
Due to #climate #change-related shifts in #weather, the mature individuals are no longer reproducing. They are dying without being replaced.
The #IUCN currently lists them as "least concern" but also "declining." The most recent assessment is from 2017.
See:
🔗 https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10042023/saguaro-restoration-climate-change/
🔗 https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/152495/121476885
🔗 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11258-014-0326-y
Women (Maricopa) gathering saguaro fruits in 1907. This important practice continues into the present day. Public Domain (Edward Curtis).
A finch perching on a saguaro fruit. Saguaros are a keystone species in their environment. Image CC by Quinn Dombrowski.
Add comment