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 ↓

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Taxonomy
« Back To Vascular Plants Phylum Tracheophyta
- Flowering Plants Subphylum Angiospermae
  - 10 Monocots Class Liliopsida
  - 50 Dicots Class Magnoliopsida

Catnip ¹
Nepeta cataria

broadleaf cattail ²
Typha latifolia

Hooker's evening primrose ³
Oenothera elata

eastern cottonwood ⁴
Populus deltoides

Iceland Poppy ⁵
Papaver nudicaule

common yarrow ⁶
Achillea millefolium

bull thistle ⁷
Cirsium vulgare

Plains Beebalm ⁸
Monarda pectinata

field bindweed ⁹
Convolvulus arvensis

prickly lettuce ¹⁰
Lactuca serriola

yellow salsify ¹¹
Tragopogon dubius

wild teasel ¹²
Dipsacus fullonum

black medick ¹³
Medicago lupulina

yellow sweetclover ¹⁴
Melilotus officinalis

common sunflower ²
Helianthus annuus

fourwing saltbush ¹⁵
Atriplex canescens

buffalo gourd ¹⁶
Cucurbita foetidissima

cheatgrass ¹⁷
Bromus tectorum

wild licorice ¹⁸
Glycyrrhiza lepidota

white sweetclover ¹⁴
Melilotus albus

Freckled Milkvetch ¹⁹
Astragalus lentiginosus

fringed puccoon ²⁰
Lithospermum incisum

yerba mansa ²¹
Anemopsis californica

blue vervain ²²
Verbena hastata

squirreltail ²³
Hordeum jubatum

broadleaf milkweed ²⁴
Asclepias latifolia

Russian olive ²⁵
Elaeagnus angustifolia

blue grama ²⁶
Bouteloua gracilis

purple three-awn ²⁷
Aristida purpurea

Thunberg's Brome
Bromus japonicus

crossflower ²⁸
Chorispora tenella

pale wolfberry ²⁹
Lycium pallidum

fragrant evening primrose ³⁰
Oenothera cespitosa

Rocky Mountain bee plant ³¹
Peritoma serrulata

long-leaved groundcherry ³²
Physalis longifolia

upright prairie coneflower ³³
Ratibida columnifera

Indian ricegrass ³⁴
Achnatherum hymenoides

New England aster ³⁵
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

white heath aster ³⁶
Symphyotrichum ericoides

horsetail milkweed ³⁷
Asclepias subverticillata

Canada wild rye ³⁸
Elymus canadensis

viviparous foxtail cactus ³⁹
Escobaria vivipara

dwarf ipomopsis ³⁶
Ipomopsis pumila

Western Wheatgrass ⁴⁰
Pascopyrum smithii

common silverweed ⁴¹
Argentina anserina

stinking milkvetch ⁴²
Astragalus praelongus

summer-cypress ⁴³
Bassia scoparia

wholeleaf Indian paintbrush ²⁴
Castilleja integra

New Mexico Feathergrass ⁴⁴
Hesperostipa neomexicana

James’ beardtongue ⁴⁵
Penstemon jamesii

white prairie aster
Symphyotrichum falcatum

Cut-leaf Germander ⁴⁶
Teucrium laciniatum

Marshelder ⁴⁷
Cyclachaena xanthiifolia

White Prairie Aster ⁴⁸
Symphyotrichum falcatum commutatum

tree cholla ⁴⁹
Cylindropuntia imbricata

Boechera porphyrea ⁸

Club-cholla ⁵⁰
Grusonia clavata

Krascheninnikovia ceratoides ⁵¹

Krascheninnikovia ceratoides lanata ⁵²

Cornflower ⁵³
Centaurea cyanus

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Guide to the Flora and Fauna of Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve

Catnip 1 Nepeta cataria

broadleaf cattail 2 Typha latifolia

Hooker's evening primrose 3 Oenothera elata

eastern cottonwood 4 Populus deltoides

Iceland Poppy 5 Papaver nudicaule

common yarrow 6 Achillea millefolium

bull thistle 7 Cirsium vulgare

Plains Beebalm 8 Monarda pectinata

field bindweed 9 Convolvulus arvensis

prickly lettuce 10 Lactuca serriola

yellow salsify 11 Tragopogon dubius

wild teasel 12 Dipsacus fullonum

black medick 13 Medicago lupulina

yellow sweetclover 14 Melilotus officinalis

common sunflower 2 Helianthus annuus

fourwing saltbush 15 Atriplex canescens

buffalo gourd 16 Cucurbita foetidissima

cheatgrass 17 Bromus tectorum

wild licorice 18 Glycyrrhiza lepidota

white sweetclover 14 Melilotus albus

Freckled Milkvetch 19 Astragalus lentiginosus

fringed puccoon 20 Lithospermum incisum

yerba mansa 21 Anemopsis californica

blue vervain 22 Verbena hastata

squirreltail 23 Hordeum jubatum

broadleaf milkweed 24 Asclepias latifolia

Russian olive 25 Elaeagnus angustifolia

blue grama 26 Bouteloua gracilis

purple three-awn 27 Aristida purpurea

Thunberg's Brome Bromus japonicus

crossflower 28 Chorispora tenella

pale wolfberry 29 Lycium pallidum

fragrant evening primrose 30 Oenothera cespitosa

Rocky Mountain bee plant 31 Peritoma serrulata

long-leaved groundcherry 32 Physalis longifolia

upright prairie coneflower 33 Ratibida columnifera

Indian ricegrass 34 Achnatherum hymenoides

New England aster 35 Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

white heath aster 36 Symphyotrichum ericoides

horsetail milkweed 37 Asclepias subverticillata

Canada wild rye 38 Elymus canadensis

viviparous foxtail cactus 39 Escobaria vivipara

dwarf ipomopsis 36 Ipomopsis pumila

Western Wheatgrass 40 Pascopyrum smithii

common silverweed 41 Argentina anserina

stinking milkvetch 42 Astragalus praelongus

summer-cypress 43 Bassia scoparia

wholeleaf Indian paintbrush 24 Castilleja integra

New Mexico Feathergrass 44 Hesperostipa neomexicana

James’ beardtongue 45 Penstemon jamesii

white prairie aster Symphyotrichum falcatum

Cut-leaf Germander 46 Teucrium laciniatum

Marshelder 47 Cyclachaena xanthiifolia

White Prairie Aster 48 Symphyotrichum falcatum commutatum

tree cholla 49 Cylindropuntia imbricata

Boechera porphyrea 8

Club-cholla 50 Grusonia clavata

Krascheninnikovia ceratoides 51

Krascheninnikovia ceratoides lanata 52

Cornflower 53 Centaurea cyanus