Succulent plants have evolved fleshy tissues to store water and waxy skins to prevent evaporation, allowing them to thrive in arid desert environments.

As a desert succulent, aloe vera stores water in its leaves as a clear gel that contains compounds capable of reducing skin inflammation and pain.

The jade plant is called the Friendship Tree because it is easily propagated from leaf cuttings. This succulent can live for over seventy years.

Drainage holes allow air to enter the soil as water exits. Without this exchange, roots suffocate in anaerobic conditions and become vulnerable to fungal decay.

Lithops mimic surrounding stones to avoid being eaten by thirsty animals. The name comes from the Greek words lithos, meaning stone, and ops, meaning face.