John Cancalosi / House finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), two females on Sotol (Dasylirion wheeleri). Sonoran desert, Arizona, USA. July.

John Cancalosi / White-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica) vocalising, perched on Sotol (Dasylirion wheeleri). Sonoran desert , Arizona, USA. July.

Jack Dykinga / Agave (Agave havardiana) and Sotol (Dasylirion texanum) growing in Chihuahuan Desert, Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA, March.

Ernie Janes / Great desert spoon (Dasylirion acrotrichum) growing in garden.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Green / Desert Sotol (Dasylirion liophyllum) in flower, Big Bend National Park, Chihuahuan Desert, Texas, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Lucifer Hummingbird (Calothorax lucifer) female perched on Green Sotol (Dasylirion liophyllum) Chisos Basin, Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Chihuahuan Desert, West Texas, USA

Jack Dykinga / Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia engelmannii) amid grassland and and Sotol (Dasylirion leiophyllum) plants, with the sun setting over distant ridges in the Sierra Carmen. Maderas del Carmen Natural Preser...

Jack Dykinga / Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia engelmannii) and Sotol (Dasylirion leiophyllum) with the sun setting over rocky outcrops in the Sierra Carmen. Maderas del Carmen Natural Preserve, Coahuila, Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Sotol (Dasylirion sp) with emerging flowering stalk over-looking clouds, the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Sotol (Dasylirion sp) in mountain habitat in the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Sotol (Dasylirion sp) with base burnt by Big Horn Fire, a wildfire caused by a lightning strike on 5th June 2020. The fire burnt for six weeks engulfing 120,000 acres of Sonoran Desert. Catalina State...