Morphologic nomenclature

[Darren Abbey]

Cameron Laird wrote:
> 
> What are the "arms" of a saguaro?  Is there a
> rubric--something like "brachiocarp", perhaps?--
> for such structures?
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	Last time I was in the Sonoran (or was that Chihuahuan?) desert area
where the saguaro grow I heard the term saguaro "arms" to mean the
branches that grow from the main trunk in the older specimens.   I seem
to recall that the arms don't begin to form until the plants are about
75 years old, is this correct?

Hope this was helpful...

- Darren Abbey