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Valle de Oro NWR Visitor Center Backyard Refuge Habitat

These are the species in the new (in-progress) backyard refuge habitat garden at the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge visitor center.

Tufted Evening-primrose 1
Oenothera cespitosa cespitosa
Fendler's Sundrops 2
Oenothera hartwegii fendleri
Three-leaf Sumac 3
Rhus trilobata
horsetail milkweed 4
Asclepias subverticillata
Prairie bundleflower 5
Desmanthus illinoensis
mariola 6
Parthenium incanum
Darcy's Sage 7
Salvia darcyi
little leaf sumac 8
Rhus microphylla
Creosote Bush 9
Larrea tridentata
pineneedle beardtongue 10
Penstemon pinifolius
Beardlip Penstemon 5
Penstemon barbatus
purple prairie clover 11
Dalea purpurea
Colorado Four o'Clock 5
Mirabilis multiflora
Rocky Mountain penstemon 12
Penstemon strictus
coneflowers 13
Ratibida
Apache plume 14
Fallugia paradoxa
autumn sage 15
Salvia greggii
giant blue sage 16
Salvia azurea
Desert Globemallow 17
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Blanketflowers 7
Gaillardia
Palmer's penstemon 18
Penstemon palmeri
desert penstemon 19
Penstemon pseudospectabilis
Butterflyweed 20
Asclepias tuberosa tuberosa
broadleaf milkweed 21
Asclepias latifolia
horsetail milkweed 4
Asclepias subverticillata
Engelmann daisy 22
Engelmannia peristenia
blue mistflower 23
Conoclinium coelestinum
yarrows 24
Achillea
prairie sunflower 25
Helianthus petiolaris
netleaf hackberry 26
Celtis reticulata
May Night Salvia 11
Salvia × sylvestris
dwarf goldenbush 27
Ericameria nana
Lilac chaste tree 28
Vitex agnus-castus
New Mexico Sunflower 29
Helianthus maximiliani
sand sagebrush 30
Artemisia filifolia
Canyon Sage 31
Salvia lycioides
Tahoka daisy 32
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia

Edited by ABQ Backyard Refuge Program, Laurel Ladwig, Elliott Gordon, Hannah Rodriguez, and Rae Bennu, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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