LOS ANGELES—A South Korean national who was extradited to Los Angeles to face federal charges was sentenced to 24 months behind bars on Jan. 20 for trying to illegally export thousands of lotus-like succulents—worth more than $150,000, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office—that he and two others pulled out of the ground at remote state parks in Northern California. Byungsu Kim was also ordered to pay $3,985 in restitution to the State of California, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Kim, 46, pleaded guilty in Los Angeles federal court last year to a charge of attempting to export plants taken in violation of state law. On Oct. 11, 2018, Kim and two accomplices traveled by car from Los Angeles International Airport to Crescent City, California. For three days, they harvested numerous Dudleya plants from DeMartin State Beach in Klamath, California, and from Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park. In the …