Biology:Sedum oreganum

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Short description: Species of succulent

Sedum oreganum
Sedum oreganum in Mount Rainier National Park
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Sedum
Species:
S. oreganum
Binomial name
Sedum oreganum

Sedum oreganum is a species of succulent plant of the genus Sedum. It grows along the Pacific Coast of North America[1] from Alaska to far northern California. The plant, known by the common name Oregon stonecrop,[2] grows in many types of rocky habitat, including coastal bluffs and cliffs and the talus of higher inland mountains.

  • The introduced species S. album (left) compared to the native S. oreganum (right), in British Columbia, Canada
    The introduced species S. album (left) compared to the native S. oreganum (right), in British Columbia, Canada
  • In British Columbia, Canada
    In British Columbia, Canada

References

  1. ↑ Pojar, Jim; Andy MacKinnon (2004). Plants Of The Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska. Lone Pine Publishing. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-55105-530-5. 
  2. ↑ "Sedum oreganum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SEOR. Retrieved 9 November 2015. 

Wikidata ☰ Q548198 entry




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