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Guide to the Flora and Fauna of Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve

A Natural Cienega Highlighting New Mexico’s Biodiversity

The Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve is a 35-acre nature preserve located on the I-25 frontage road in La Cienega, adjacent to El Rancho de las Golondrinas. This rare natural cienega, or “marsh” in Spanish, hosts a bountiful ...more ↓

Blue Grosbeak 1
Passerina caerulea
purple three-awn 2
Aristida purpurea
Thunberg's Brome
Bromus japonicus
crossflower 3
Chorispora tenella
pale wolfberry 4
Lycium pallidum
fragrant evening primrose 5
Oenothera cespitosa
Rocky Mountain bee plant 6
Peritoma serrulata
long-leaved groundcherry 7
Physalis longifolia
upright prairie coneflower 8
Ratibida columnifera
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 9
Libellula pulchella
Western Pondhawk 10
Erythemis collocata
Great Spreadwing 11
Archilestes grandis
Southwestern Fence Lizard 12
Sceloporus cowlesi
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13
Regulus calendula
Indian ricegrass 14
Achnatherum hymenoides
New England aster 15
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
one-seed juniper 16
Juniperus monosperma
Audubon's Warbler 17
Setophaga coronata auduboni
white heath aster 18
Symphyotrichum ericoides
horsetail milkweed 19
Asclepias subverticillata
Canada wild rye 20
Elymus canadensis
Two-striped Grasshopper 21
Melanoplus bivittatus
Myrtle Warbler 22
Setophaga coronata coronata
Pink-sided Junco 17
Junco hyemalis mearnsi
Black-billed Magpie 23
Pica hudsonia
Yellow-rumped Warbler 24
Setophaga coronata
Lesser Goldfinch 10
Spinus psaltria
American Goldfinch 25
Spinus tristis
viviparous foxtail cactus 26
Escobaria vivipara
dwarf ipomopsis 18
Ipomopsis pumila
Phidippus asotus
Western Wheatgrass 27
Pascopyrum smithii
common silverweed 28
Argentina anserina
stinking milkvetch 29
Astragalus praelongus
summer-cypress 30
Bassia scoparia
wholeleaf Indian paintbrush 31
Castilleja integra
New Mexico Feathergrass 32
Hesperostipa neomexicana
James’ beardtongue 33
Penstemon jamesii
white prairie aster
Symphyotrichum falcatum
Cut-leaf Germander 34
Teucrium laciniatum
Rainbow Grasshopper 35
Dactylotum bicolor
Nevada Buck Moth 36
Hemileuca nevadensis
Rock Squirrel 37
Otospermophilus variegatus
House Finch 38
Haemorhous mexicanus
Apiomerus spissipes 39
Marshelder 40
Cyclachaena xanthiifolia
Bumble Flower Beetle 41
Euphoria inda
White Prairie Aster 42
Symphyotrichum falcatum commutatum
Conchuela Bug 6
Chlorochroa ligata
Red-shouldered Stink Bug 43
Thyanta custator
tree cholla 44
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Uhler's Stink Bug 45
Chlorochroa uhleri
Tylosis maculatus 46
Lupine Bug 43
Megalotomus quinquespinosus
Four-spurred Assassin Bug 47
Zelus tetracanthus
Boechera porphyrea 48
Spined Stilt Bug 49
Jalysus wickhami
Clearwing Borer Moth 10
Melittia snowii
Euschistus inflatus 50
American Wigeon 51
Mareca americana
Stenomorpha opaca 52
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 53
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
Western Coachwhip 54
Masticophis flagellum testaceus
Coachwhip 55
Masticophis flagellum
Cinnamon Teal 56
Spatula cyanoptera
Gadwall 10
Mareca strepera
Acute Bladder Snail 57
Physa acuta
Club-cholla 58
Grusonia clavata
Krascheninnikovia ceratoides 59
Krascheninnikovia ceratoides lanata 60
Triepeolus robustus 60
Cornflower 61
Centaurea cyanus

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