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.

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

Jack Dykinga / Agave {Agave havardiana} plant at sunset with Chisos Mountains in the background, Big Bond National Park, Texas, USA