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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common yarrow ¹
Achillea millefolium

common sunflower ²
Helianthus annuus

upright prairie coneflower ³
Ratibida columnifera

New England aster ⁴
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

white heath aster ⁵
Symphyotrichum ericoides

white prairie aster
Symphyotrichum falcatum

Marshelder ⁶
Cyclachaena xanthiifolia

White Prairie Aster ⁷
Symphyotrichum falcatum commutatum

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Guide to the Flora and Fauna of Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve

common yarrow 1 Achillea millefolium

common sunflower 2 Helianthus annuus

upright prairie coneflower 3 Ratibida columnifera

New England aster 4 Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

white heath aster 5 Symphyotrichum ericoides

white prairie aster Symphyotrichum falcatum

Marshelder 6 Cyclachaena xanthiifolia

White Prairie Aster 7 Symphyotrichum falcatum commutatum