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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.

claret-cup hedgehog 1
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
horsetail milkweed 2
Asclepias subverticillata
butterfly milkweed 3
Asclepias tuberosa
walkingstick cactus 4
Cylindropuntia imbricata spinosior
Maximilian sunflower 5
Helianthus maximiliani
Engelmann Daisy 6
Engelmannia peristenia
sacred datura 7
Datura wrightii
upright prairie coneflower 8
Ratibida columnifera
common sunflower 9
Helianthus annuus
Garrett's California Fuchsia 10
Epilobium canum garrettii
Blanket Flowers 11
Gaillardia
woolly paperflower
Psilostrophe tagetina
wild buckwheats 12
Eriogonum
Rocky Mountain penstemon 13
Penstemon strictus
Fleabanes and Horseweeds 14
Erigeron
Palmer's penstemon 15
Penstemon palmeri
Candle Cholla 16
Cylindropuntia kleiniae
Origanum 17
bigfruit evening primrose 18
Oenothera macrocarpa
wild bergamot 19
Monarda fistulosa
tree cholla 20
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Colorado four o'clock 21
Mirabilis multiflora
blackfoot daisy 22
Melampodium leucanthum
Tahoka daisy 8
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
Christmas cholla 23
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
dotted gayfeather 24
Liatris punctata
scarlet hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus coccineus
clockweed 17
Oenothera lindheimeri
showy goldeneye 25
Heliomeris multiflora
Beautiful Indian Paintbrush 26
Castilleja pulchella
claret-cup hedgehog 1
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
prairie sunflower 27
Helianthus petiolaris
Rocky Mountain bee plant 28
Peritoma serrulata
ocotillo 29
Fouquieria splendens
Oenothera sect. Calylophus 30
Calylophus
lyre-leaf greeneyes 31
Berlandiera lyrata
golden columbine 32
Aquilegia chrysantha
purple prickly pear
Opuntia macrocentra
Opuntia cacanapa 33
broadleaf milkweed 34
Asclepias latifolia
Engelmann's prickly pear 35
Opuntia engelmannii
purple prairie clover 36
Dalea purpurea
brown-spined prickly-pear 35
Opuntia phaeacantha
Threadleaf Giant Hyssop 37
Agastache rupestris
common yarrow 38
Achillea millefolium
mosquito plant
Agastache cana
southwestern prickly poppy 39
Argemone pleiacantha
pitcher sage
Salvia azurea grandiflora
Rue 40
Ruta graveolens
Rocky Mountain zinnia 41
Zinnia grandiflora
globemallows 42
Sphaeralcea
Darcy's Sage 43
Salvia darcyi
cowpen daisy 44
Verbesina encelioides
Greenthread 45
Thelesperma filifolium
white heath aster 46
Symphyotrichum ericoides
Slender Vervain 47
Verbena rigida
pricklyleaf dogweed
Thymophylla acerosa
Badlands Mule-ears 48
Scabrethia scabra
threadleaf groundsel 44
Senecio flaccidus
goldenrods 49
Solidago
Utah serviceberry 41
Amelanchier utahensis
garden sage 50
Salvia officinalis
Mexican Plum 18
Prunus mexicana
leadplant 51
Amorpha canescens
desert false indigo 52
Amorpha fruticosa
Wright's Desert Honeysuckle 53
Anisacanthus quadrifidus wrightii
American plum 54
Prunus americana
Wright's beebrush 2
Aloysia wrightii
apricot 55
Prunus armeniaca
Canyon Sage 53
Salvia lycioides
Shadscale 26
Atriplex confertifolia
honey mesquite 56
Prosopis glandulosa
sand sagebrush 57
Artemisia filifolia
fourwing saltbush 58
Atriplex canescens
eastern cottonwood 59
Populus deltoides
screwbean mesquite 60
Prosopis pubescens
chokecherry 61
Prunus virginiana
Rio Grande cottonwood 62
Populus deltoides wislizenii
Arizona sycamore 63
Platanus wrightii
lanceleaf cottonwood 64
Populus × acuminata
Mexican Sycamore 65
Platanus mexicana
Curl-leaf mountain-mahogany 26
Cercocarpus ledifolius
Damianita 57
Chrysactinia mexicana
Woolly Butterflybush 53
Buddleja marrubiifolia
Pistachio 66
Pistacia vera
Chinese pistache 67
Pistacia chinensis
hairy mountain mahogany 68
Cercocarpus montanus paucidentatus
desert broom 69
Baccharis sarothroides
turpentine bush 41
Ericameria laricifolia
fernbush 70
Chamaebatiaria millefolium
Butterfly bush 71
Buddleja davidii
yellow bird-of-paradise shrub 72
Erythrostemon gilliesii
eastern Mojave buckwheat 73
Eriogonum fasciculatum polifolium
rubber rabbitbrush 26
Ericameria nauseosa
Golden-ball Lead Tree 74
Leucaena retusa
creosote bush 75
Larrea tridentata
cenizo 76
Leucophyllum frutescens
Leucophyllum langmaniae 77
Bessey's Plum 78
Prunus pumila besseyi
Apache plume 79
Fallugia paradoxa

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