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ABQ Backyard Refuge Program plants

These species are on the official plant list for building a certified ABQ Backyard Refuge.
Visit ABQbackyardrefuge.org for an introductory guide, workbook, pdf of the plant list, and many more resources.

eastern cottonwood 1
Populus deltoides
Indiangrass 2
Sorghastrum nutans
screwbean mesquite 3
Prosopis pubescens
chokecherry 4
Prunus virginiana
Rio Grande cottonwood 5
Populus deltoides wislizenii
Arizona sycamore 6
Platanus wrightii
lanceleaf cottonwood 7
Populus × acuminata
Mexican Sycamore 8
Platanus mexicana
Curl-leaf mountain-mahogany 9
Cercocarpus ledifolius
Damianita 10
Chrysactinia mexicana
Woolly Butterflybush 11
Buddleja marrubiifolia
Pistachio 12
Pistacia vera
Chinese pistache 13
Pistacia chinensis
hairy mountain mahogany 14
Cercocarpus montanus paucidentatus
Stone pine 15
Pinus pinea
desert broom 16
Baccharis sarothroides
Platycladus 17
turpentine bush 18
Ericameria laricifolia
Colorado pinyon 19
Pinus edulis
fernbush 20
Chamaebatiaria millefolium
Colorado pinyon 19
Pinus edulis
Butterfly bush 21
Buddleja davidii
yellow bird-of-paradise shrub 22
Erythrostemon gilliesii
eastern Mojave buckwheat 23
Eriogonum fasciculatum polifolium
rubber rabbitbrush 9
Ericameria nauseosa
Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine 24
Pinus aristata
limber pine 25
Pinus flexilis
Golden-ball Lead Tree 26
Leucaena retusa
creosote bush 27
Larrea tridentata
cenizo 28
Leucophyllum frutescens
Ephedra 29
Leucophyllum langmaniae 30
Afghan Pine 31
Pinus brutia eldarica
Bessey's Plum 32
Prunus pumila besseyi
one-seed juniper 33
Juniperus monosperma
Chinese juniper 34
Juniperus chinensis
Apache plume 35
Fallugia paradoxa
eastern redcedar 36
Juniperus virginiana
Texas mulberry 37
Morus microphylla
cliff fendlerbush 38
Fendlera rupicola
New Mexico olive 39
Forestiera pubescens pubescens
Crape-myrtle 40
Lagerstroemia indica
Little Walnut 41
Juglans microcarpa
Sonoran scrub oak 42
Quercus turbinella
Rosemary 43
Salvia rosmarinus
alligator juniper 44
Juniperus deppeana
red barberry 45
Berberis haematocarpa
Mexican cliffrose 46
Purshia mexicana
little leaf sumac 11
Rhus microphylla
Quince 47
Cydonia oblonga
Texas Persimmon 48
Diospyros texana
Loquat 49
Eriobotrya japonica
skunkbush sumac 50
Rhus trilobata
Arizona cypress 51
Cupressus arizonica
Russian Hawthorn
Crataegus ambigua
common fig 52
Ficus carica
Germander Sage 11
Salvia chamaedryoides
Washington hawthorn 53
Crataegus phaenopyrum
cockspur hawthorn 54
Crataegus crus-galli
Dorr's sage 55
Salvia dorrii
narrowleaf willow 56
Salix exigua
autumn sage 57
Salvia greggii
American smoketree 58
Cotinus obovatus
Texas redbud 14
Cercis canadensis texensis
Mexican Redbud 59
Cercis canadensis mexicana
Cercis occidentalis orbiculata
Skeleton-leaf Goldeneye 11
Sidneya tenuifolia
desert willow 60
Chilopsis linearis
Mojave sage 61
Salvia mohavensis
Vauquelinia
Common Snowberry 43
Symphoricarpos albus
Mexican buckeye 62
Ungnadia speciosa
netleaf hackberry 63
Celtis reticulata
common hackberry 1
Celtis occidentalis
bigtooth maple 64
Acer grandidentatum
Texas madrone 65
Arbutus xalapensis
Atlas cedar 66
Cedrus atlantica
pecan 67
Carya illinoinensis
northern catalpa 68
Catalpa speciosa
Wright's silktassel 69
Garrya wrightii
velvet mesquite 14
Prosopis velutina
Japanese Persimmon 70
Diospyros kaki
Fragrant Ash 51
Fraxinus cuspidata
Deodar cedar 71
Cedrus deodara
New Mexico agave 72
Agave parryi neomexicana
Havard's Century Plant 73
Agave havardiana
soaptree yucca 10
Yucca elata
Palmer's agave 74
Agave palmeri
tree cholla 75
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Candle Cholla 76
Cylindropuntia kleiniae
scarlet hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus coccineus
Texas sotol 35
Dasylirion texanum
Wheeler sotol 77
Dasylirion wheeleri
banana yucca 78
Yucca baccata
Great Plains yucca 79
Yucca glauca
walkingstick cactus 80
Cylindropuntia imbricata spinosior
Texas Sacahuiste 81
Nolina texana
Opuntia cacanapa 82
purple prickly pear
Opuntia macrocentra
claret-cup hedgehog 83
Echinocereus triglochidiatus

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