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A huge number of barrel cacti were eaten at the base in this area surrounding the lower part of the wash from Glorietta Canyon. There was a lot of rabbit poop surrounding at least some of them, implying that rabbits were the main predators here.

The stems got eaten more and more during my hike, so I ended up taking pix of six plants. The last ones in this series were completely girdled, yet the tops looked fine. The cacti were saved by having vascular tissue in the center of the barrel, instead of at the edges.