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.
Sedum oreganum | |
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Sedum oreganum in Mount Rainier National Park | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Crassulaceae |
Genus: | Sedum |
Species: | S. oreganum
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Binomial name | |
Sedum oreganum |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sedum oreganum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
External links
editMedia related to Sedum oreganum at Wikimedia Commons
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- USDA Plants Profile
- Washington Burke Museum
- Flora of North America
- Photo gallery