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title: "Does anyone know what these are? My school gave them to me to keep…"
description: "Does anyone know what these are? My school gave them to me to keep alive over the summer but didn’t give me any care details besides “They’re succulents.” help"
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community: "Plant Identification"
author: "olivia"
published: "2026-06-23T15:49:28.685167Z"
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# Does anyone know what these are? My school gave them to me to keep…

_Posted by olivia on 2026-06-23_

Does anyone know what these are? My school gave them to me to keep alive over the summer but didn’t give me any care details besides “They’re succulents.” help

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/2j_DkghBUnSEgm_q7puIhUI18qKPnXlI0L7f2CAN82A/y_G-gKBlQsuTauZTKvbHwg.webp?size=large)

## 5 comments

### liz commented on 2026-06-23

Jade plants! Very easy to care for from what I’ve heard and seen.

#### olivia replied on 2026-06-23

thanks!

### Nikiller commented on 2026-06-23

They kind of look like donkey tails/horse tails, it’s a kind of sedum which I think is a type of jade plant. I have 6 separate sedums, two of them are basic golden sedum and 4 of them are these much bigger gold dust sedum, although they’re all adolphi. Yours looks like a standard green sedum

![Attachment 1 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/lWuVoSXfm0mhpdFLVG6GWzRgcJdFWwQeXC12gWazwDk/h2-lVEpIQQC8bBAQe0e9DQ.webp?size=large)

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### LeafyGreenhouse commented on 2026-06-23

Yep they are jade plants.

### Plantifer commented on 2026-06-24

I think your plant might be a Golden Sedum, not necessarily a Jade Plant. A Jade has a more straight stem and a woody, thick base. Whereas a Golden Sedum is more green and leggy with elongated bean looking leaves. Here’s a photo difference

Golden sedum on the left and jade in the right

![Attachment 1 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/mLDA7LMjDLOurOyycra1AYsK7SI8wmzq3BaMi1j6ahU/Q_PMul2dQh-U_4VVzqc1pA.webp?size=large)

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