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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.

brown-spined prickly-pear 1
Opuntia phaeacantha
ocotillo 2
Fouquieria splendens
New Mexico False Yucca 3
Hesperaloe funifera
Engelmann's prickly pear 1
Opuntia engelmannii
red yucca 4
Hesperaloe parviflora
sacahuista 1
Nolina microcarpa
showy milkweed 5
Asclepias speciosa
bundleflowers 6
Desmanthus
sand cherry 7
Prunus pumila
mariola 8
Parthenium incanum
mist flower 9
Ageratina riparia
Skeleton-leaf Goldeneye 8
Sidneya tenuifolia
coral honeysuckle 10
Lonicera sempervirens

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