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.

All 213

purple prairie clover ¹
Dalea purpurea

leadplant ²
Amorpha canescens

desert false indigo ³
Amorpha fruticosa

honey mesquite ⁴
Prosopis glandulosa

screwbean mesquite ⁵
Prosopis pubescens

yellow bird-of-paradise shrub ⁶
Erythrostemon gilliesii

Golden-ball Lead Tree ⁷
Leucaena retusa

Texas redbud ⁸
Cercis canadensis texensis

Mexican Redbud ⁹
Cercis canadensis mexicana

Cercis occidentalis orbiculata

velvet mesquite ⁸
Prosopis velutina

bundleflowers ¹⁰
Desmanthus

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ABQ Backyard Refuge Program plants

purple prairie clover 1 Dalea purpurea

leadplant 2 Amorpha canescens

desert false indigo 3 Amorpha fruticosa

honey mesquite 4 Prosopis glandulosa

screwbean mesquite 5 Prosopis pubescens

yellow bird-of-paradise shrub 6 Erythrostemon gilliesii

Golden-ball Lead Tree 7 Leucaena retusa

Texas redbud 8 Cercis canadensis texensis

Mexican Redbud 9 Cercis canadensis mexicana