Nature · Champion record 5537 · Mesa, Arizona
How tall is Saguaro cactus?
This saguaro is the American Forests champion record 5537, measured at 30 feet in 2018.
9.144 m
Sourced measurement- Measurement
- Individual cactus base to top · measured 2018
- Subject or version
- Champion record 5537 · Mesa, Arizona
- In feet, rounded
- 30 ft (1 ft = 0.3048 m)
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A little more perspective
The selected individual was nominated by Joe Orman in 2014. Its record gives a 30-foot height, converted to 9.144 meters, with a 119-inch trunk circumference and nine-foot crown spread. The decimal conversion adds no precision to the rounded feet measurement.
Champion-tree status combines height, trunk circumference and crown spread. It does not mean the cactus was the tallest of its species. The illustration represents this compact, mature specimen and its upright ribbed arms rather than a species maximum or an unexplained average.
Quick facts
This saguaro is the American Forests champion record 5537, measured at 30 feet in 2018.
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Sources and measurement notes
- American Forests: saguaro champion record 5537
- American Forests magazine: Mesa saguaro profile and photograph
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