September 2025

Leiberg’s stonecrop (Sedum leibergii)

John Leiberg and John Sandberg were Swedish-born botanists hired by the US Department of Agriculture in 1893 to document the flora of the “Plains of the Columbia” in north-central Washington. Although they were not the earliest botanists to explore Washington, Leiberg and Sandberg were the first to record detailed information on climate, soils, and vegetation […]