Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_crassula_ovata
Jade Plant
Crassula ovata
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About Jade Plant
A hairless, much-branched succulent shrub with a thick grayish trunk and fleshy, shiny green obovate leaves. The sharply defined, smooth leaf margins may be reddish. Terminal clusters carry small white to faintly pink flowers with five pointed petals; the dry fruits are small follicles. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.
Kauaʻi evidence
Generated media is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Crassula ovata
- Common names
- jade plant · jade tree
- Other names
- Crassula ovata · jade plant · jade tree
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Shrub or subshrub; succulent subshrub or shrub
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Mature plants and new recruits; Reproductive plants and fruiting frequency. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island extent and population trend · Measured local ecological effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- A hairless, much-branched succulent shrub with a thick grayish trunk and fleshy, shiny green obovate leaves. The sharply defined, smooth leaf margins may be reddish. Terminal clusters carry small white to faintly pink flowers with five pointed petals; the dry fruits are small follicles. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.