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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.

Purple Muhly
Muhlenbergia rigida
Indian ricegrass 1
Achnatherum hymenoides
sideoats grama 2
Bouteloua curtipendula
blue grama 3
Bouteloua gracilis
purple three-awn 4
Aristida purpurea
Bush Muhly 5
Muhlenbergia porteri
deergrass 6
Muhlenbergia rigens
switchgrass 7
Panicum virgatum
James' galleta 8
Hilaria jamesii
Mexican feathergrass 9
Nassella tenuissima
big sacaton 10
Sporobolus wrightii
alkali sacaton 11
Sporobolus airoides
little bluestem 12
Schizachyrium scoparium
sand dropseed 13
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Indiangrass 14
Sorghastrum nutans

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