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Your search found 11 taxa in the family Crassulaceae, Stonecrop family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Puck's Orpine, Granite Stonecrop
Look for it in very thin soil of vernally wet depressions on granite flatrocks, often in mats of the moss Hedwigia ciliata
Rare, endemic to granite flatrocks of the southeastern Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Elf-orpine
Look for it in very thin soil (generally less than 2cm deep) of vernally wet depressions on granite flatrocks and other granitic outcrops
Uncommon (rare in Mtns), primarily limited to granitic flatrocks of the Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mossy Stonecrop, Wallpepper, Bitter Stonecrop, Gold-moss
Look for it on rock outcrops, gravel parking lots, disturbed areas
Commonly cultivated, rarely naturalized
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Stringy Stonecrop
Look for it on xeric rock outcrops, disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: China
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Common Name:
Mountain Stonecrop, Wild Stonecrop, Three-leaf Stonecrop
Look for it in moist forests, coves, bottomlands, shaded rock outcrops
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Cliff Stonecrop
Look for it on rock outcrops, usually basic and/or sedimentary
Rare, endemic to the Central and Southern Appalachians (extending into the Piedm
Native to North Carolina
Look for it on gneiss rock outcrops on river bluffs
Rare (an endemic)
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Allegheny Live-forever, Cliff Orpine, Allegheny Stonecrop
Look for it on rock outcrops, mostly at high to moderate elevations, ascending to 2000m
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere in NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas
Look for it on high elevation rocky summits
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Widow's Cross, Glade Stonecrop, Rock Moss, Lime Stonecrop
Look for it on calcareous rock outcrops
Uncommon
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Ditch Stonecrop, American Penthorum
Look for it on shores, drawdown areas, moist forests, floodplain forests, moist disturbed areas, ditches
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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