| As we began descending from mountains into the desert, I saw agaves, cacti, and ocotillo thriving on the dry, rugged slopes. |
| The often steep and rugged lower slopes of the mountains are dominated by cacti, agaves, yuccas, and thorn-bearing shrubs. |
| Ms Lloyd said cacti could injure livestock and working dogs and contaminate wool. |
| It searches among the yucca cactuses and Joshua trees for a lonely radar station atop a mountain peak. |
| Nests are built in cactuses or thorny vegetation or hanging from branches, and can be up to two meters long. |
| It is situated high up in the crotch of open-crowned trees, on top of treelike saguaro cactuses, on cliff ledges, poles, or buildings. |
