Pacific Stonecrop, Spreading Stonecrop: Sedum divergens (Synonym: Amerosedum divergens)

The image at left was photographed on rocky cliffs about 1/4 mile up the climbers trail from the Bird Creek Meadows Parking Lot at the southeast corner of Mt. Adams........August 7, 2004. The photo at right shows a close-up of the flower of spreading stonecrop, as seen high above the White Salmon River on cliffs above Forest Road #23 at the southwestern corner of Mt. Adams...........June 21, 2005.

The photo at left shows the general spreading form of spreading stonecrop as seen high above the White Salmon River on cliffs above Forest Road #23 at the southwestern corner of Mt. Adams..........June 21, 2005. The leaves are tightly clustered together at this time, but eventually spread out as the stem elongates through the summer (as seen below). The image at right was photographed on rocky cliffs about 1/4 mile up the Sunrise Climbers Trail from the Bird Creek Meadows Parking Lot at the southeast corner of Mt. Adams (Yakama Nation Lands).......July 25, 2025.

Theuper photo shows the opposite leaves and inflorescence of spreading stonecrop. The lower photo shows the decumbent, "spreading stem of spreading stonecrop. note the opposite leaves, with those lower on the stem beginning to shrivel. Both images were photographed on rocky cliffs about 1/4 mile up the climbers trail from the Bird Creek Meadows Parking Lot at the southeast corner of Mt. Adams........August 7, 2004.