Point Arena, in Mendocino County, one of the many areas on the California coast where rangers are on high alert for dudleya poachers. Pictures: Patrick Freeling
California’s succulent smugglers: plant poachers seed Asia’s desire for dudleya
The current craze for hardy succulents, which started in South Korea and spread to China, has resulted in organised gangs stripping the US state of a plant crucial to its fragile coastal ecosystem
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Point Arena, in Mendocino County, one of the many areas on the California coast where rangers are on high alert for dudleya poachers. Pictures: Patrick Freeling
