There is perhaps no more instantly recognizable succulent than the aptly named chalk liveforever, otherwise known to horticulturists as Dudleya pulverulenta. This California native succulent forms ...

Last December, Patrick Freeling, a game warden with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), was in his office in Mendocino County when his phone rang. No one back then, not the ...

There are poachers stealing species of Dudleya all over California. It's a huge problem according to the Los Angeles Times and many are being shipped to Asia. Such focus on a native plant spells ...

Byungsu Kim pleaded guilty to attempting to ferry more than 3,700 wild dudleya plants from California parks to South Korea When Byungsu Kim appeared for his sentencing hearing on Zoom from the Santa ...

Stephen McCabe, emeritus director of research at the UCSC Arboretum & Botanic Garden, has described two new species of rare succulents in the genus Dudleya. McCabe identified the new species after ...

On December 28, 1973, the Endangered Species Act became law - 50 years now of conservation and controversy. We're going to spend the first part of the program this morning marking the law's milestone.

Dudleya are the wild cousins of the Echeveria. “These are very beautiful plants when they’re in full, plump, post-rain glory,” Baldwin said. “They look like a lotus, and some are this incredible white ...

Authorities have warned about the threat of Dudleya poaching to the plant’s California population. Photo credit. Ashley McConnell, fws.gov A South Korean national who once ran a Vista nursery and is ...

A man was sentenced to two years in federal prison last week for attempting to export at least $150,000 worth of wild succulents that he poached from native habitats in Northern California state parks ...

Demand in China and Korea has led to thousands of dudleya being stolen from California as officials lament ‘plant poaching’ In China, they are prized for their chubby limbs and cute shapes. In Korea, ...