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.

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Utah serviceberry ¹
Amelanchier utahensis

Mexican Plum ²
Prunus mexicana

American plum ³
Prunus americana

apricot ⁴
Prunus armeniaca

chokecherry ⁵
Prunus virginiana

Curl-leaf mountain-mahogany ⁶
Cercocarpus ledifolius

hairy mountain mahogany ⁷
Cercocarpus montanus paucidentatus

fernbush ⁸
Chamaebatiaria millefolium

Bessey's Plum ⁹
Prunus pumila besseyi

Apache plume ¹⁰
Fallugia paradoxa

Texas mulberry ¹¹
Morus microphylla

Mexican cliffrose ¹²
Purshia mexicana

Quince ¹³
Cydonia oblonga

Loquat ¹⁴
Eriobotrya japonica

Russian Hawthorn
Crataegus ambigua

common fig ¹⁵
Ficus carica

Washington hawthorn ¹⁶
Crataegus phaenopyrum

cockspur hawthorn ¹⁷
Crataegus crus-galli

Vauquelinia

netleaf hackberry ¹⁸
Celtis reticulata

common hackberry ¹⁹
Celtis occidentalis

sand cherry ²⁰
Prunus pumila

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ABQ Backyard Refuge Program plants

Utah serviceberry 1 Amelanchier utahensis

Mexican Plum 2 Prunus mexicana

American plum 3 Prunus americana

apricot 4 Prunus armeniaca

chokecherry 5 Prunus virginiana

Curl-leaf mountain-mahogany 6 Cercocarpus ledifolius

hairy mountain mahogany 7 Cercocarpus montanus paucidentatus

fernbush 8 Chamaebatiaria millefolium

Bessey's Plum 9 Prunus pumila besseyi

Apache plume 10 Fallugia paradoxa

Texas mulberry 11 Morus microphylla

Mexican cliffrose 12 Purshia mexicana

Quince 13 Cydonia oblonga

Loquat 14 Eriobotrya japonica

Russian Hawthorn Crataegus ambigua

common fig 15 Ficus carica

Washington hawthorn 16 Crataegus phaenopyrum

cockspur hawthorn 17 Crataegus crus-galli