![Yucca seed pod, Aiden Grey](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/yucca-seed-pod-aidan-grey.jpg?resize=980%2C980&ssl=1)
Category: Succulents
Succulents are hard to precisely define. They store water in leaves, stems, or roots. However, we are most familiar with those plants that store water in their stems. Plants like agaves an aloes are typical succulents.
![Yucca seed pod, Aiden Grey](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/yucca-seed-pod-aidan-grey.jpg?resize=980%2C980&ssl=1)
![Cotyledon orbiculata](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Cotyledon-orbiculata-wikipedia.jpg?resize=980%2C853&ssl=1)
Cotyledon orbiculata
![Yucca sp, Michael Real](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/yucca-sp-michael-rael.jpg?resize=980%2C769&ssl=1)
Yuccas Are Not Agaves
![Yucca treculeana](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Yucca-treculeana.jpg?resize=980%2C900&ssl=1)
Yucca treculeana
![Aloe ferox](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/aloe-ferox-amante-d.jpg?resize=980%2C750&ssl=1)
South African Aloes, Photos by Amante Darmanin
![Agave parryi, Doug Felt](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/agave-parryi-doug-feltb.jpg?resize=980%2C413&ssl=1)
Agave parryi
![Delosperma nubigenum, Kerry Woods](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/delosperma-nubigenum-kerry-woods.jpg?resize=980%2C900&ssl=1)
Delosperma nubigenum
![](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Sansevieria-canaliculata-on-coral-tonrul-e1423348994507.jpg?resize=980%2C835&ssl=1)
Sansevieria, Leather-tough Succulent
![Onion bulb, Theen Moy](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sprouting-onion-theen-moy.jpg?resize=980%2C675&ssl=1)
What is a Succulent, Anyway?
![Puya venusta X chilensis, Patricio Novoa Quezada](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Puya-venusta-X-chilensis-pnq.jpg?resize=980%2C799&ssl=1)
Puya
![](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/hilaria-rigida-cal-photos3.jpg?resize=683%2C512&ssl=1)
Nurse Plant Hilaria rigida and Agave deserti
![Aloe capitata cipolinicola](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/a-capitata-cipolinicola-cd5.jpg?resize=980%2C768&ssl=1)