Update – “Echeveria laui” Climate Impact Study
Surveying "Echevaria laui" with drones
CSSA Admin
CSSA Conservation Grants
Update about how CSSA uses your Conservation Contributions
Australian Cycads along with other Spinescent & Xerophytic Succulent Plants
Australian plant guru Attila Kapitany shows us cycads and spiny plants from the wilds of his home country.
Webinar: Crime Pays, but Botany Doesn’t
“Plants are doing wild, incredible things all around us—and most people walk right past them.”
— Joey Santore (Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t)
Update – Preserving Habitat of “Lithops pseudotruncatella f. alpina” in Namibia
The CSSA supported the purchase of critical habitat at one of only two known sites for a distinctive and potentially new species - "Lithops alpina."
Important Notice
Scam Emails Posing as CSSA Board Members
Argentina Cacti: the Importance of Habitat Knowledge in Taxonomy
Plant Explorer Guillermo Rivera explains how geographic proximity and other factors can provide a framework for evaluating lumper versus splitter debates.
Affiliates Committee 2026 Updates and Announcements
Affiliate Reps, Officers, and Newsletter Editors - view the annual letter from the CSSA Affiliates Committee
“To The Point” – Winter 2025
The latest issue of To The Point is here, and it’s full of useful information collected from our members, staff, volunteers, and the newsletters of CSSA affiliate clubs.
Help CSSA Find a New Home for Its Library
For more than 40 years, the Cactus and Succulent Society of America (CSSA) has been fortunate to house its library at The Huntington, where it has served generations of researchers, authors, students, and plant enthusiasts. Recently, The Huntington informed us that they now need the space for their own institutional use, and as a result, CSSA must relocate its library.