Most people in a house near campus at Ohio University like a good plant.
They look great on a sunny sill or side table. And, they’re real cute. All succulent plants are adapted to dry environments with full sun and no shelter. Succulents are excellent starter plants because they’re low maintenance. Botanically-speaking, the term succulent refers to ANY plant that has evolved adaptations to survive hot arid environments. It is a term that does not refer to any specific family of plants, and, in fact, many succulent plants are not related to one another at all.
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Also Succulents can include many structural characteristics: an epidermis with waxy cutin, thickened, fleshy leaves, an alternative mode of photosynthesis, and so on. For example, snake plants (Sansevieria) and Ponytail palms (Beaucarnea) both have different adaptations for surviving in desert conditions. All cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are cacti. Cacti are succulents from the family Cactaceae, which only are native to the Western Hemisphere. The trait of succulence has evolved multiple times throughout plant history, each time as a response to climate shifts to more arid conditions. Other plants have evolved succulent characteristics, such as Yucca, Agave, and Aloe.
The most commonly thought of and sought after family whenever one thinks of a succulent. Crassulaceae is a truly diverse family, called the stone crop family. Plants in this family occasionally resemble stones, grow in between stones, and are resilient as…you guessed it, stones. Most are best and easily propagated via fallen leaves and disheveled plants or cuttings. If you think about it, they are weeds in their native environments. The Crassulaceae, also known as the stone crop family is also a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants, consisting of 34 or 35 genera with approximately 1400 specie. These are also beautiful plants that can be put in any room to add some decoration. They come in many colors and a wide variety are available for your house near campus.
