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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 demonstration area at the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge visitor center.

Tufted Evening-primrose 1
Oenothera cespitosa cespitosa
Fendler's Sundrops 2
Oenothera hartwegii fendleri
Skunkbush Sumac 3
Rhus trilobata
horsetail milkweed 4
Asclepias subverticillata
Illinois 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 18
Gaillardia

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

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