On my recent trip to the Galapagos I joined park rangers on hikes, and usually I was a laggard. I kept stopping to see the plants. The rest of the group hopped from one animal photo op to the next. I tried to keep up but did a bad job of it.
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| the endemic tree cactus Opuntia galapagela |
Just like its animals, the Galapagos's plants include many that are unique and that differ from their mainland relatives and between islands.