John Shaw / Abandoned house in middle of a wheat field. Palouse farming area, south eastern Washington, USA, August.

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

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...

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...

Jack Dykinga / Waterfall with intense run off due to Hurricane Newton, with Agave. Santa Catalina Mountains, Coronado National Forest, Arizona, USA, September

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

Floris van Breugel / Close up of (Agave) plant leaves, California, USA November

Cyril Ruoso / Woman with baby looking at Sisal (Agave sisalana) fibres drying for rope making, Berenty Reserve, Madagascar.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Close up of Sisal (Agave sisalana) Berenty, south Madagascar.

Rob Tilley / Agave (Agave sp.) leaf close-up detail. Maui, Hawaii, February.

Rob Tilley / Agave close up abstract (Agave sp) Botanical Garden, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Rob Tilley / Close up of Agave leaves (Agave macroacantha)Botanical Garden, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico