John Shaw / Abandoned house in middle of a wheat field. Palouse farming area, south eastern Washington, USA, August.
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Jack Dykinga / Agave (Agave utahensis) close up of spines with Pinyon pine cone (Pinus edulis) wedged amongst them. Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, Arizona, USA
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Jack Dykinga / Notch-leaf scorpion-weed (Phacelia crenulata) blooming around Desert agave (Agave desertii) in Glorieta Canyon, Anza-Borrego State Park, California, USA, March 2017. These plants are flowering during...
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Jack Dykinga / Notch-leaf scorpion-weed (Phacelia crenulata) blooming around Desert agave (Agave desertii) in Glorieta Canyon, Anza-Borrego State Park, California, USA, March 2017. These plants are flowering during...
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Jack Dykinga / Waterfall with intense run off due to Hurricane Newton, with Agave. Santa Catalina Mountains, Coronado National Forest, Arizona, USA, September
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Floris van Breugel / Desert agave (Agave deserti) has skewered a ball of spines shed by neighboring Cholla cactus (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) Anza-Borrego State Park, California, USA March
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Floris van Breugel / Close up of (Agave) plant leaves, California, USA November
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Cyril Ruoso / Woman with baby looking at Sisal (Agave sisalana) fibres drying for rope making, Berenty Reserve, Madagascar.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Close up of Sisal (Agave sisalana) Berenty, south Madagascar.
Jack Dykinga / Flowering Agave (Agave palmeri) plants growing in grassland, Sands Ranch Conservation Area, with the Santa Rita Mountains in the distance at sunset, Pima Country, Arizona, USA
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Jack Dykinga / Agave {Agave havardiana} plant at sunset with Chisos Mountains in the background, Big Bond National Park, Texas, USA
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Jack Dykinga / Coastal Century Plant (Agave shawii) with red edging and spines, Sonoran Desert, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Central America
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Jack Dykinga / Looking down into the leaves of an Agave plant {Agave utahensis} with Pinyon pine cone {Pinus edulis}, Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, Arizona, USA
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Tim Fitzharris / Agave (Agave sp) plants and Chisos Mountains seen from Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park, Chihuahuan Desert, Texas
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Rolf Nussbaumer / Agave plant with Opeka Falls in the background, Kauai, Hawaii.
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Tim Fitzharris / Agave (Agave sp) in desert, White Sands National Park, New Mexico
Tim Fitzharris / Agave (Agave sp) plants, Organ Mountains, Aguirre Spring Recreation Area, New Mexico
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Jack Dykinga / Agave (Agave havardiana) and Sotol (Dasylirion texanum) growing in Chihuahuan Desert, Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA, March.
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Jack Dykinga / Desert agave (Agave deserti) Sonoran Desert near Tucson Mountains, Arizona, USA. Taken with digital focus stacking.
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Andy Sands / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) at rest on flower bud of Common century plant (Agave americana), Hertfordshire, England, UK, July - Focus Stacked Image
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Tim Fitzharris / Agave (Agave sp), Munds Mountain Wilderness, Arizona
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Jack Dykinga / Cowhorn agave (Agave bovicornuta) close up of spines, near Sierra Alamos, Sonora, Mexico.
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Jack Dykinga / Claret Cup cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus) and fallen Agave (Agave utahesis) flowers, Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, Arizona, USA.
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David Pattyn / Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) jumping across a sisal plantation, Berenty Private Reserve, southern Madagascar, August 2016.
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David Pattyn / People who work and live on the sisal plantations at the edge of Berenty Private Reserve, southern Madagascar, August 2016.
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David Pattyn / Workers returning from Sisal plantations in tractor and trailer along dirt track, Berenty Private Reserve, southern Madagascar, August 2016.
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Nick Upton / Gran Canaria broom (Teline microphylla) bushes flowering and a Century plant (Agave americana) below Roque Nublo, a volcanic basaltic monolith. Gran Canaria UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Gran Canaria. Can...
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Nick Upton / Caldera de los Marteles, a large volcanic crater with Canary island sage (Salvia canariensis) and Gran Canaria broom (Teline microphylla) bushes, near Rincon. Gran Canaria UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Gr...
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Edwin Giesbers / Close up of Agave leaves (Agave potatorum) endemic to Mexico. Botanic Garden Amsterdam, the Netherlands, August 2013.
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Edwin Giesbers / Agave (Agave felgeri) leaves, close up. Endemic plant to Mexico. Meise National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Belgium, August.
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Edwin Giesbers / Century plant (Agave americana) leaves close up. Occurs in Mexico and Southern USA. Meise National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Belgium, August.
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Edwin Giesbers / RF - Agave plant (Agave potatorum) close up of leaves and spines. Occurs in Mexico. Botanic Garden Amsterdam, Netherlands, August. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free....
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Floris van Breugel / Young Rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) visiting Agave flowers. Pasadena, California, USA, July.
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Floris van Breugel / Desert agave (Agave deserti) Anza-Borrego State Park, California, USA, April.
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Floris van Breugel / Low angle view of Century Plant (Agave americana). Pasadena, California, USA, July.
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Tim Fitzharris / Opuntia (Opuntia sp) cactus and Narrow Leaf Agaves (Agave striata), Thunder Mountain, Coconino National Forest, Arizona
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Nick Upton / Winding road with hairpin bends in the lush Anaga mountains, flanked with dense vegatation including Century plants (Agave americana), Anaga Rural Park,Tenerife, May.
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Ernie Janes / Century plant (Agave americana variegata) close up of plant, cultivated plant native to Mexico.
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Nick Upton / Century plant (Agave americana) flowers, Algarve, Portugal, July 2013.
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Nick Upton / Century plant (Agave americana) flowering above Praia da Marinha beach, near Carvoeiro, Algarve, Portugal, July 2013.
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Nick Upton / Century plant (Agave americana) flowering spike, Algarve, Portugal, July 2013.
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Cyril Ruoso / Agave (Agave sp) flower heads at sunset with distant silhouetted cacti, Vizcaino Desert, Baja California, Mexico, May.
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Nick Upton / Century plant (Agave americana) flowering above Praia da Marinha beach, near Carvoeiro, Algarve, Portugal, July 2013.
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Nick Upton / Century plant (Agave americana) flowering spike, Algarve, Portugal, July 2013.
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Tim Fitzharris / Agave (Agave sp) and Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens), Lincoln National Forest, Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico
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Tim Fitzharris / Agave (Agave sp) and Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens), Lincoln National Forest, Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico
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Chien Lee / Sisal (Agave sisalana) plantation for production of fiber, Amboasary, Madagascar
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Tim Fitzharris / Agave (Agave sp) group at night, Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, New Mexico
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Mark MacEwen / Aerial view of Sisal (Agave sisalana) plantation alongside spiny forest containing Octopus trees (Didiera madagascariensis) Berenty, Madagascar, October 2015.
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Mark MacEwen / Aerial view of Sisal (Agave sisalana) plantation alongside spiny forest containing Octopus trees (Didiera madagascariensis) Berenty, Madagascar, October 2015.
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Mark MacEwen / Aerial view of Sisal (Agave sisalana) plantation alongside spiny forest containing Octopus trees (Didiera madagascariensis) Berenty, Madagascar, October 2015.
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Tim Fitzharris / Agave (Agave sp) group, Organ Mountains, Aguirre Spring National Recreation Area, New Mexico
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Tim Fitzharris / Agave (Agave sp) group, Organ Mountains, Aguirre Spring National Recreation Area, New Mexico
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Tim Fitzharris / Agave (Agave sp) in desert, White Sands National Park, New Mexico
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Tim Fitzharris / Agave (Agave sp) flowering, Molino Canyon, Coronado National Forest, Arizona
Cyril Ruoso / People collecting Sisal (Agave sisalana) leaves to dry and make into ropes, Berenty Reserve, Madagascar.
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Pascal Pittorino / Queen victoria agave (Agave victoriae- reginae) close up, in botanic garden, Var, Provence, France, January.
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Richard Herrmann / Cedros Island Agave (Agave sebastiana) blooming and San Benito Island Bush Mallow (Malva pacifica), San Benito Island, Baja California, Mexico
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Richard Herrmann / Cedros Island Agave (Agave sebastiana) blooming, San Benito Island, Baja California, Mexico
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Tim Fitzharris / Agave (Agave sp), Casa Grande, Big Bend National Park, Texas
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Sisal (Agave sisalana) in cultivation near spiny forest. Berenty, south Madagascar.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Sisal (Agave sisalana) fibres drying outside factory, Berenty, south Madagascar. March 2005.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Sisal (Agave sisalana) fibres drying outside factory, Berenty, south Madagascar. March 2005.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Sisal (Agave sisalana) fibres drying outside factory, Berenty, south Madagascar. March 2005.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Workers with cut Sisal (Agave sisalana) outside factory, used for manufacturing rope. Berenty, south Madagascar. March 2005.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Sisal (Agave sisalana) in cultivation. Berenty, south Madagascar.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Sisal (Agave sisalana) in cultivation in front of hut. Berenty, south Madagascar.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Worker carrying cut Sisal (Agave sisalana) used for manufacturing rope. Berenty, south Madagascar. March 2005.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Worker with Sisal (Agave sisalana) fibres, used for manufacturing rope. Berenty, south Madagascar. March 2005.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Sisal (Agave sisalana) fibres in factory, used for manufacturing rope. Berenty, south Madagascar. March 2005.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Worker in factory with cut Sisal (Agave sisalana) used for manufacturing rope. Berenty, south Madagascar. March 2005.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Worker in factory with cut Sisal (Agave sisalana) used for manufacturing rope. Berenty, south Madagascar. March 2005.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Sisal (Agave sisalana) fibres drying outside factory, Berenty, south Madagascar. March 2005.
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Chris Mattison / Agave (Agave americana) close up of new leaf developing.
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Floris van Breugel / Lechuguilla (Agave lechuguilla) and prickly pear cacti (Opuntia macrocentra) among rock formations, Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA. February 2009.
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Loic Poidevin / Sisal (Agave sisalana) cultivation, Kenya, October 2013.
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Loic Poidevin / Sisal (Agave sisalana) cultivation, Kenya, October 2013.
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Loic Poidevin / Sisal (Agave sisalana) cultivation, Kenya, October 2013.
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Loic Poidevin / Sisal (Agave sisalana) cultivation, Kenya, October 2013.
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Cyril Ruoso / Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) climbing Aloe (Aloe vahombe) to feed on flowers, vulnerable, Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar
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Cyril Ruoso / Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) peeking out from Aloe (Aloe vahombe) leaves, vulnerable, Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar
Pete Oxford / Sisal rope waiting for transport into town, San Antonio, Intag Valley, northwest Ecuador
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Pete Oxford / Coffee (Coffea arabica) mature beans in sisal bag, Intag Valley, northwest Ecuador
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Rolf Nussbaumer / Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris), male building nesting cavity in Agave, Century Plant (Agavaceae). Laredo, Webb County, South Texas, USA, April.