Official Plant List of the ABQ Backyard Refuge Program

Our plant list contains species suitable for the Middle Rio Grande Valley, Albuquerque Metro Area, and East Mountains. It provides the approximate size, whether it is deciduous or evergreen, the best level of light exposure, water needs, the season in which the species flowers and/or fruits in ...more ↓

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Candle Cholla ¹
Cylindropuntia kleiniae

walkingstick cactus ²
Cylindropuntia imbricata spinosior

Havard's Century Plant ³
Agave havardiana

tree cholla ⁴
Cylindropuntia imbricata

Christmas cholla ⁵
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis

Palmer's agave ⁶
Agave palmeri

Texas sotol ⁷
Dasylirion texanum

Wheeler sotol ⁸
Dasylirion wheeleri

scarlet hedgehog cactus ⁹
Echinocereus coccineus

ocotillo ¹⁰
Fouquieria splendens

New Mexico False Yucca ¹¹
Hesperaloe funifera

sacahuista ¹²
Nolina microcarpa

red yucca ³
Hesperaloe parviflora

Opuntia cacanapa ¹³

claret-cup hedgehog ¹⁴
Echinocereus triglochidiatus

purple prickly pear
Opuntia macrocentra

soaptree yucca ¹⁵
Yucca elata

banana yucca ¹⁶
Yucca baccata

Engelmann's prickly pear ¹²
Opuntia engelmannii

brown-spined prickly-pear ¹²
Opuntia phaeacantha

Great Plains yucca ¹⁷
Yucca glauca

broadleaf milkweed ¹⁸
Asclepias latifolia

golden columbine ¹⁹
Aquilegia chrysantha

common yarrow ²⁰
Achillea millefolium

Threadleaf Giant Hyssop ²¹
Agastache rupestris

southwestern prickly poppy ²²
Argemone pleiacantha

mosquito plant
Agastache cana

Beautiful Indian Paintbrush ²³
Castilleja pulchella

horsetail milkweed ²⁴
Asclepias subverticillata

showy milkweed ²⁵
Asclepias speciosa

lyre-leaf greeneyes ²⁶
Berlandiera lyrata

Sundrops Oenothera sect. Calylophus ²⁷
Calylophus

butterfly milkweed ²⁸
Asclepias tuberosa

Garrett's California Fuchsia ²⁹
Epilobium canum garrettii

sacred datura ³⁰
Datura wrightii

Rocky Mountain bee plant ³¹
Peritoma serrulata

Engelmann Daisy ³²
Engelmannia peristenia

Fleabanes and Horseweeds ³³
Erigeron

Blanket Flowers ³⁴
Gaillardia

purple prairie clover ³⁵
Dalea purpurea

common sunflower ³⁶
Helianthus annuus

Maximilian sunflower ³⁷
Helianthus maximiliani

prairie sunflower ³⁸
Helianthus petiolaris

showy goldeneye ⁸
Heliomeris multiflora

dotted gayfeather ³⁹
Liatris punctata

blackfoot daisy ⁴⁰
Melampodium leucanthum

Tahoka daisy ⁴¹
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia

wild bergamot ⁴²
Monarda fistulosa

clockweed ⁴³
Oenothera lindheimeri

Colorado four o'clock ⁴⁴
Mirabilis multiflora

bigfruit evening primrose ⁴⁵
Oenothera macrocarpa

Origanum ⁴³

Blue Sage ⁴⁶
Salvia azurea grandiflora

Palmer's penstemon ⁴⁷
Penstemon palmeri

Rocky Mountain penstemon ⁴⁸
Penstemon strictus

woolly paperflower
Psilostrophe tagetina

upright prairie coneflower ⁴¹
Ratibida columnifera

Rue ⁴⁹
Ruta graveolens

Darcy's Sage ⁵⁰
Salvia darcyi

Desert Mule-ears ³
Scabrethia scabra

threadleaf groundsel ⁵¹
Senecio flaccidus

goldenrods ⁵²
Solidago

pricklyleaf dogweed
Thymophylla acerosa

globemallows ⁵³
Sphaeralcea

white heath aster ⁵⁴
Symphyotrichum ericoides

Greenthread ⁵⁵
Thelesperma filifolium

Slender Vervain ⁵⁶
Verbena rigida

Rocky Mountain zinnia ⁵⁷
Zinnia grandiflora

cowpen daisy ⁵¹
Verbesina encelioides

Indian ricegrass ⁵⁸
Achnatherum hymenoides

Purple Muhly
Muhlenbergia rigida

sideoats grama ⁵⁹
Bouteloua curtipendula

purple three-awn ⁶⁰
Aristida purpurea

Bush Muhly ⁶¹
Muhlenbergia porteri

blue grama ⁶²
Bouteloua gracilis

deergrass ⁶³
Muhlenbergia rigens

switchgrass ⁶⁴
Panicum virgatum

James' galleta ⁶⁵
Hilaria jamesii

little bluestem ⁶⁶
Schizachyrium scoparium

Indiangrass ⁵⁴
Sorghastrum nutans

sand dropseed ²³
Sporobolus cryptandrus

alkali sacaton ⁶⁷
Sporobolus airoides

big sacaton ⁶⁸
Sporobolus wrightii

Mexican feathergrass ⁶⁹
Nassella tenuissima

Wright's beebrush ²⁴
Aloysia wrightii

Utah serviceberry ⁵⁷
Amelanchier utahensis

Wright's Desert Honeysuckle ⁷⁰
Anisacanthus quadrifidus wrightii

leadplant ⁷¹
Amorpha canescens

desert false indigo ⁷²
Amorpha fruticosa

sand sagebrush ¹⁵
Artemisia filifolia

fourwing saltbush ⁷³
Atriplex canescens

Shadscale ²³
Atriplex confertifolia

desert broom ⁷⁴
Baccharis sarothroides

Butterfly bush ⁷⁵
Buddleja davidii

hairy mountain mahogany ⁷⁶
Cercocarpus montanus paucidentatus

Woolly Butterflybush ⁷⁰
Buddleja marrubiifolia

yellow bird-of-paradise shrub ⁷⁷
Erythrostemon gilliesii

Curl-leaf mountain-mahogany ²³
Cercocarpus ledifolius

fernbush ⁶¹
Chamaebatiaria millefolium

eastern Mojave buckwheat ⁷⁸
Eriogonum fasciculatum polifolium

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Official Plant List of the ABQ Backyard Refuge Program

Candle Cholla 1 Cylindropuntia kleiniae

walkingstick cactus 2 Cylindropuntia imbricata spinosior

Havard's Century Plant 3 Agave havardiana

tree cholla 4 Cylindropuntia imbricata

Christmas cholla 5 Cylindropuntia leptocaulis

Palmer's agave 6 Agave palmeri

Texas sotol 7 Dasylirion texanum

Wheeler sotol 8 Dasylirion wheeleri

scarlet hedgehog cactus 9 Echinocereus coccineus

ocotillo 10 Fouquieria splendens

New Mexico False Yucca 11 Hesperaloe funifera

sacahuista 12 Nolina microcarpa

red yucca 3 Hesperaloe parviflora

Opuntia cacanapa 13

claret-cup hedgehog 14 Echinocereus triglochidiatus

purple prickly pear Opuntia macrocentra

soaptree yucca 15 Yucca elata

banana yucca 16 Yucca baccata

Engelmann's prickly pear 12 Opuntia engelmannii

brown-spined prickly-pear 12 Opuntia phaeacantha

Great Plains yucca 17 Yucca glauca

broadleaf milkweed 18 Asclepias latifolia

golden columbine 19 Aquilegia chrysantha

common yarrow 20 Achillea millefolium

Threadleaf Giant Hyssop 21 Agastache rupestris

southwestern prickly poppy 22 Argemone pleiacantha

mosquito plant Agastache cana

Beautiful Indian Paintbrush 23 Castilleja pulchella

horsetail milkweed 24 Asclepias subverticillata

showy milkweed 25 Asclepias speciosa

lyre-leaf greeneyes 26 Berlandiera lyrata

Sundrops Oenothera sect. Calylophus 27 Calylophus

butterfly milkweed 28 Asclepias tuberosa

Garrett's California Fuchsia 29 Epilobium canum garrettii

sacred datura 30 Datura wrightii

Rocky Mountain bee plant 31 Peritoma serrulata

Engelmann Daisy 32 Engelmannia peristenia

Fleabanes and Horseweeds 33 Erigeron

Blanket Flowers 34 Gaillardia

purple prairie clover 35 Dalea purpurea

common sunflower 36 Helianthus annuus

Maximilian sunflower 37 Helianthus maximiliani

prairie sunflower 38 Helianthus petiolaris

showy goldeneye 8 Heliomeris multiflora

dotted gayfeather 39 Liatris punctata

blackfoot daisy 40 Melampodium leucanthum

Tahoka daisy 41 Machaeranthera tanacetifolia

wild bergamot 42 Monarda fistulosa

clockweed 43 Oenothera lindheimeri

Colorado four o'clock 44 Mirabilis multiflora

bigfruit evening primrose 45 Oenothera macrocarpa

Origanum 43

Blue Sage 46 Salvia azurea grandiflora

Palmer's penstemon 47 Penstemon palmeri

Rocky Mountain penstemon 48 Penstemon strictus

woolly paperflower Psilostrophe tagetina

upright prairie coneflower 41 Ratibida columnifera

Rue 49 Ruta graveolens

Darcy's Sage 50 Salvia darcyi

Desert Mule-ears 3 Scabrethia scabra

threadleaf groundsel 51 Senecio flaccidus

goldenrods 52 Solidago

pricklyleaf dogweed Thymophylla acerosa

globemallows 53 Sphaeralcea

white heath aster 54 Symphyotrichum ericoides

Greenthread 55 Thelesperma filifolium

Slender Vervain 56 Verbena rigida

Rocky Mountain zinnia 57 Zinnia grandiflora

cowpen daisy 51 Verbesina encelioides

Indian ricegrass 58 Achnatherum hymenoides

Purple Muhly Muhlenbergia rigida

sideoats grama 59 Bouteloua curtipendula

purple three-awn 60 Aristida purpurea

Bush Muhly 61 Muhlenbergia porteri

blue grama 62 Bouteloua gracilis

deergrass 63 Muhlenbergia rigens

switchgrass 64 Panicum virgatum

James' galleta 65 Hilaria jamesii

little bluestem 66 Schizachyrium scoparium