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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
desert broom 15
Baccharis sarothroides
turpentine bush 16
Ericameria laricifolia
fernbush 17
Chamaebatiaria millefolium
Butterfly bush 18
Buddleja davidii
yellow bird-of-paradise shrub 19
Erythrostemon gilliesii
eastern Mojave buckwheat 20
Eriogonum fasciculatum polifolium
rubber rabbitbrush 9
Ericameria nauseosa
Golden-ball Lead Tree 21
Leucaena retusa
creosote bush 22
Larrea tridentata
cenizo 23
Leucophyllum frutescens
Leucophyllum langmaniae 24
Bessey's Plum 25
Prunus pumila besseyi
Apache plume 26
Fallugia paradoxa
Texas mulberry 27
Morus microphylla
cliff fendlerbush 28
Fendlera rupicola
New Mexico olive 29
Forestiera pubescens pubescens
Crape-myrtle 30
Lagerstroemia indica
Little Walnut 31
Juglans microcarpa
Sonoran scrub oak 32
Quercus turbinella
Rosemary 33
Salvia rosmarinus
red barberry 34
Berberis haematocarpa
Mexican cliffrose 35
Purshia mexicana
little leaf sumac 11
Rhus microphylla
Quince 36
Cydonia oblonga
Texas Persimmon 37
Diospyros texana
Loquat 38
Eriobotrya japonica
skunkbush sumac 39
Rhus trilobata
Russian Hawthorn
Crataegus ambigua
common fig 40
Ficus carica
Germander Sage 11
Salvia chamaedryoides
Washington hawthorn 41
Crataegus phaenopyrum
cockspur hawthorn 42
Crataegus crus-galli
Dorr's sage 43
Salvia dorrii
narrowleaf willow 44
Salix exigua
autumn sage 45
Salvia greggii
American smoketree 46
Cotinus obovatus
Texas redbud 14
Cercis canadensis texensis
Mexican Redbud 47
Cercis canadensis mexicana
Cercis occidentalis orbiculata
Skeleton-leaf Goldeneye 11
Sidneya tenuifolia
desert willow 48
Chilopsis linearis
Mojave sage 49
Salvia mohavensis
Vauquelinia
Common Snowberry 33
Symphoricarpos albus
Mexican buckeye 50
Ungnadia speciosa
netleaf hackberry 51
Celtis reticulata
common hackberry 1
Celtis occidentalis
bigtooth maple 52
Acer grandidentatum
Texas madrone 53
Arbutus xalapensis
pecan 54
Carya illinoinensis
northern catalpa 55
Catalpa speciosa
Wright's silktassel 56
Garrya wrightii
velvet mesquite 14
Prosopis velutina
Japanese Persimmon 57
Diospyros kaki
Fragrant Ash 58
Fraxinus cuspidata
New Mexico agave 59
Agave parryi neomexicana
Havard's Century Plant 60
Agave havardiana
soaptree yucca 10
Yucca elata
Palmer's agave 61
Agave palmeri
tree cholla 62
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Candle Cholla 63
Cylindropuntia kleiniae
scarlet hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus coccineus
Texas sotol 26
Dasylirion texanum
Wheeler sotol 64
Dasylirion wheeleri
banana yucca 65
Yucca baccata
Great Plains yucca 66
Yucca glauca
walkingstick cactus 67
Cylindropuntia imbricata spinosior
Texas Sacahuiste 68
Nolina texana
Opuntia cacanapa 69
purple prickly pear
Opuntia macrocentra
claret-cup hedgehog 70
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
brown-spined prickly-pear 71
Opuntia phaeacantha
ocotillo 72
Fouquieria splendens
New Mexico False Yucca 73
Hesperaloe funifera
Engelmann's prickly pear 71
Opuntia engelmannii
red yucca 60
Hesperaloe parviflora
sacahuista 71
Nolina microcarpa
showy milkweed 74
Asclepias speciosa
bundleflowers 75
Desmanthus
sand cherry 76
Prunus pumila
mariola 11
Parthenium incanum
mist flower 77
Ageratina riparia
Skeleton-leaf Goldeneye 11
Sidneya tenuifolia
coral honeysuckle 78
Lonicera sempervirens

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