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.

Texas mulberry 1
Morus microphylla
cliff fendlerbush 2
Fendlera rupicola
New Mexico olive 3
Forestiera pubescens pubescens
Crape-myrtle 4
Lagerstroemia indica
Little Walnut 5
Juglans microcarpa
Sonoran scrub oak 6
Quercus turbinella
Rosemary 7
Salvia rosmarinus
red barberry 8
Berberis haematocarpa
Mexican cliffrose 9
Purshia mexicana
little leaf sumac 10
Rhus microphylla
Quince 11
Cydonia oblonga
Texas Persimmon 12
Diospyros texana
Loquat 13
Eriobotrya japonica
skunkbush sumac 14
Rhus trilobata
Russian Hawthorn
Crataegus ambigua
common fig 15
Ficus carica
Germander Sage 10
Salvia chamaedryoides
Washington hawthorn 16
Crataegus phaenopyrum
cockspur hawthorn 17
Crataegus crus-galli
Dorr's sage 18
Salvia dorrii
narrowleaf willow 19
Salix exigua
autumn sage 20
Salvia greggii
American smoketree 21
Cotinus obovatus
Texas redbud 22
Cercis canadensis texensis
Mexican Redbud 23
Cercis canadensis mexicana
Skeleton-leaf Goldeneye 10
Sidneya tenuifolia
desert willow 24
Chilopsis linearis
Mojave sage 25
Salvia mohavensis
Common Snowberry 7
Symphoricarpos albus
Mexican buckeye 26
Ungnadia speciosa
netleaf hackberry 27
Celtis reticulata
common hackberry 28
Celtis occidentalis
bigtooth maple 29
Acer grandidentatum
Texas madrone 30
Arbutus xalapensis
pecan 31
Carya illinoinensis
northern catalpa 32
Catalpa speciosa
Wright's silktassel 33
Garrya wrightii
velvet mesquite 22
Prosopis velutina
Japanese Persimmon 34
Diospyros kaki
Fragrant Ash 35
Fraxinus cuspidata
tree cholla 36
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Candle Cholla 37
Cylindropuntia kleiniae
scarlet hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus coccineus
walkingstick cactus 38
Cylindropuntia imbricata spinosior
purple prickly pear
Opuntia macrocentra
claret-cup hedgehog 40
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
brown-spined prickly-pear 41
Opuntia phaeacantha
ocotillo 42
Fouquieria splendens
Engelmann's prickly pear 41
Opuntia engelmannii
showy milkweed 43
Asclepias speciosa
bundleflowers 44
Desmanthus
sand cherry 45
Prunus pumila
mariola 10
Parthenium incanum
mist flower 46
Ageratina riparia
Skeleton-leaf Goldeneye 10
Sidneya tenuifolia
coral honeysuckle 47
Lonicera sempervirens

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