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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.

Havard's Century Plant 1
Agave havardiana
Palmer's agave 2
Agave palmeri
Wheeler sotol 3
Dasylirion wheeleri
Texas sotol 4
Dasylirion texanum
New Mexico agave 5
Agave parryi neomexicana
Texas Sacahuiste 6
Nolina texana
New Mexico False Yucca 7
Hesperaloe funifera
red yucca 1
Hesperaloe parviflora
sacahuista 8
Nolina microcarpa
banana yucca 9
Yucca baccata
soaptree yucca 10
Yucca elata
Great Plains yucca 11
Yucca glauca
Purple Muhly
Muhlenbergia rigida
Indian ricegrass 12
Achnatherum hymenoides
sideoats grama 13
Bouteloua curtipendula
blue grama 14
Bouteloua gracilis
purple three-awn 15
Aristida purpurea
Bush Muhly 16
Muhlenbergia porteri
deergrass 17
Muhlenbergia rigens
switchgrass 18
Panicum virgatum
James' galleta 19
Hilaria jamesii
Mexican feathergrass 20
Nassella tenuissima
big sacaton 21
Sporobolus wrightii
alkali sacaton 22
Sporobolus airoides
little bluestem 23
Schizachyrium scoparium
sand dropseed 24
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Indiangrass 25
Sorghastrum nutans
New Mexico agave 5
Agave parryi neomexicana
Havard's Century Plant 1
Agave havardiana
soaptree yucca 10
Yucca elata
Palmer's agave 2
Agave palmeri
Texas sotol 4
Dasylirion texanum
Wheeler sotol 3
Dasylirion wheeleri
banana yucca 9
Yucca baccata
Great Plains yucca 11
Yucca glauca
Texas Sacahuiste 6
Nolina texana
New Mexico False Yucca 7
Hesperaloe funifera
red yucca 1
Hesperaloe parviflora
sacahuista 8
Nolina microcarpa

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