Yet, for many years Californians turned their backs on their native plants and favored English-style lawns and other water-intensive trappings of our U.S. The rocky, arid coastline of California is one of those habitats where succulents grow naturally. Various species are found in desert, semi-desert, and flat grassland areas in the Americas, southeastern Europe, Africa, India, Asia, Siberia, Australia, and more. Since succulents conserve water by means other than the fleshy leaves we typically see in plants native to our Piedmont region of Virginia, they are naturally adapted to dry environments all over the world. High temperatures and low precipitation force them to collect and store water to survive long dry periods-up to many months. They can live on salty sea coasts and dry lakes, and they can survive concentrated levels of dissolved minerals. Succulents can adapt to brutal environments.
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