Plants of the Middle Rio Grande Bosque

This guide is under construction. ~ Plants of the Middle Rio Grande Bosque Field Guide is a project created by Albuquerque Herbalism as part of The Yerba Mansa Project. The entries in this guide were created by our community's kids as a way for them to connect more deeply with our local ...more ↓

Buffalo gourd ¹
Cucurbita foetidissima

Western white clematis ²
Clematis ligusticifolia

Indian hemp ³
Apocynum cannabinum

Willow baccharis ⁴
Baccharis salicina

Yerba mansa ⁵
Anemopsis californica

Tarragon ⁶
Artemisia dracunculus

water clover ⁷
Marsilea vestita

Lamb's quarters ⁸
Chenopodium album

Woolly prairie clover ⁹
Dalea lanata

Broom Dalea ¹⁰
Psorothamnus scoparius

Smooth horsetail ¹¹
Equisetum laevigatum

Baltic rush ¹²
Juncus balticus

purple loosestrife ¹³
Lythrum salicaria

Needle and Thread ¹⁴
Hesperostipa comata

warty caltrop ¹⁵
Kallstroemia parviflora

Fragrant Ash ¹⁶
Fraxinus cuspidata

Foxtail Barley ¹⁷
Hordeum jubatum

Perennial sow thistle ¹⁸
Sonchus arvensis

Desert Portulaca ¹⁹
Portulaca halimoides

Saltgrass ²⁰
Distichlis spicata

False dandelion ²¹
Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus

Fremont's goosefoot ⁴
Chenopodium fremontii

Spectaclepod ²²
Dimorphocarpa wislizeni

Rocky Mountain rush ²³
Juncus saximontanus

Broadleaved Pepperweed ⁶
Lepidium latifolium

Nodding spurge ²⁴
Euphorbia nutans

hardstem bulrush ⁶
Schoenoplectus acutus

Northern water plantain ⁴
Alisma triviale

White Prairie Aster ⁴
Symphyotrichum falcatum commutatum

winged euonymus ²⁵
Euonymus alatus

cutleaf nightshade ²⁶
Solanum triflorum

Scarlet Toothcup ²⁷
Ammannia coccinea

bush seepweed ²⁸
Suaeda nigra

Gooseberryleaf globemallow ⁴
Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia

American black nightshade ²⁹
Solanum americanum

Goldeneye ³⁰
Viguiera dentata

Maximilian sunflower ³¹
Helianthus maximiliani

black nightshade ³²
Solanum nigrum

Lemonscent ¹⁵
Pectis angustifolia

Copper globemallow ³³
Sphaeralcea angustifolia

Field bindweed ³⁴
Convolvulus arvensis

Horsetail milkweed ³⁵
Asclepias subverticillata

Woodbine ³⁶
Parthenocissus inserta

Texas blueweed ¹⁵
Helianthus ciliaris

Oregon Grape ³⁷
Berberis (Mahonia) aquifolium

Creeping Mahonia ¹¹
Berberis (Mahonia) repens

Common purslane ³⁸
Portulaca oleracea

Pale wolfberry ⁴
Lycium pallidum

Ravenna grass ³⁹
Saccharum ravennae

American licorice ⁴⁰
Glycyrrhiza lepidota

Upright prairie coneflower ⁴¹
Ratibida columnifera

Purple Coneflower ⁴²
Echinacea purpurea

Prickly lettuce ⁴³
Lactuca serriola

Snowberry ⁴⁴
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

Yellow Salsify ⁴⁵
Tragopogon dubius

Hooker's evening primrose ⁴⁴
Oenothera elata

Oneseed juniper ⁴⁶
Juniperus monosperma

Sunflower ⁴³
Helianthus annuus

Prickly Russian thistle ⁴⁰
Salsola tragus

Apache plume ¹¹
Fallugia paradoxa

Broom snakeweed ⁴⁰
Gutierrezia sarothrae

Cattail ⁴³
Typha latifolia

Scarlet beeblossom ⁴⁷
Oenothera suffrutescens

Screwbean Mesquite ⁴⁸
Prosopis pubescens

False boneset ⁴
Brickellia eupatorioides

Alfalfa ¹¹
Medicago sativa

Devil's beggarticks ⁴⁹
Bidens frondosa

Peachleaf willow ⁵⁰
Salix amygdaloides

Honeysuckle ⁵¹
Lonicera albiflora

Canada goldenrod ⁵²
Solidago canadensis

Torrey wolfberry ⁵³
Lycium torreyi

Pale evening primrose ¹¹
Oenothera pallida

Indian blanket ⁵⁴
Gaillardia pulchella

Bull Thistle ⁵⁵
Cirsium vulgare

Adonis blazingstar ⁵⁶
Mentzelia multiflora

White sweetclover ⁵⁷
Melilotus albus

Rocky Mountain Juniper ¹¹
Juniperus scopulorum

Blue grama ¹¹
Bouteloua gracilis

Russian Thistle ⁵⁸
Salsola kali pontica

White mulberry ⁵⁹
Morus alba

False Indigo ⁴³
Amorpha

Scarlet globemallow ³⁷
Sphaeralcea coccinea

Woods' rose ⁶⁰
Rosa woodsii

Coyote willow ⁶¹
Salix exigua

milkweeds ⁶²
Asclepias

Ragweed ¹¹
Ambrosia acanthicarpa

Fourwing saltbush ¹¹
Atriplex canescens

Beggarticks ⁶³
Bidens cernua

Russian Olive ⁴³
Elaeagnus angustifolia

Seep willow ⁶⁴
Baccharis salicifolia

Black locust ⁵⁰
Robinia pseudoacacia

Monkeyflower ⁴⁴
Mimulus glabratus

Texas croton ⁴
Croton texensis

Sacred thorn-apple ⁶⁵
datura wrightii

Western goldenrod ⁶⁶
Euthamia occidentalis

Virginia Creeper ⁴³
Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Groundcherry ⁴
Physalis virginiana

Thicksepal Cryptantha ³
Cryptantha crassisepala

London rocket ⁶⁷
Sisymbrium irio

Spiny cocklebur ⁶⁸
Xanthium spinosum

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Plants of the Middle Rio Grande Bosque

Buffalo gourd 1 Cucurbita foetidissima

Western white clematis 2 Clematis ligusticifolia

Indian hemp 3 Apocynum cannabinum

Willow baccharis 4 Baccharis salicina

Yerba mansa 5 Anemopsis californica

Tarragon 6 Artemisia dracunculus

water clover 7 Marsilea vestita

Lamb's quarters 8 Chenopodium album

Woolly prairie clover 9 Dalea lanata

Broom Dalea 10 Psorothamnus scoparius

Smooth horsetail 11 Equisetum laevigatum

Baltic rush 12 Juncus balticus

purple loosestrife 13 Lythrum salicaria

Needle and Thread 14 Hesperostipa comata

warty caltrop 15 Kallstroemia parviflora

Fragrant Ash 16 Fraxinus cuspidata

Foxtail Barley 17 Hordeum jubatum

Perennial sow thistle 18 Sonchus arvensis

Desert Portulaca 19 Portulaca halimoides

Saltgrass 20 Distichlis spicata

False dandelion 21 Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus

Fremont's goosefoot 4 Chenopodium fremontii

Spectaclepod 22 Dimorphocarpa wislizeni

Rocky Mountain rush 23 Juncus saximontanus

Broadleaved Pepperweed 6 Lepidium latifolium

Nodding spurge 24 Euphorbia nutans

hardstem bulrush 6 Schoenoplectus acutus

Northern water plantain 4 Alisma triviale

White Prairie Aster 4 Symphyotrichum falcatum commutatum

winged euonymus 25 Euonymus alatus

cutleaf nightshade 26 Solanum triflorum

Scarlet Toothcup 27 Ammannia coccinea

bush seepweed 28 Suaeda nigra

Gooseberryleaf globemallow 4 Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia

American black nightshade 29 Solanum americanum

Goldeneye 30 Viguiera dentata

Maximilian sunflower 31 Helianthus maximiliani

black nightshade 32 Solanum nigrum

Lemonscent 15 Pectis angustifolia

Copper globemallow 33 Sphaeralcea angustifolia

Field bindweed 34 Convolvulus arvensis

Horsetail milkweed 35 Asclepias subverticillata

Woodbine 36 Parthenocissus inserta

Texas blueweed 15 Helianthus ciliaris

Oregon Grape 37 Berberis (Mahonia) aquifolium

Creeping Mahonia 11 Berberis (Mahonia) repens

Common purslane 38 Portulaca oleracea

Pale wolfberry 4 Lycium pallidum

Ravenna grass 39 Saccharum ravennae

American licorice 40 Glycyrrhiza lepidota

Upright prairie coneflower 41 Ratibida columnifera

Purple Coneflower 42 Echinacea purpurea

Prickly lettuce 43 Lactuca serriola

Snowberry 44 Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

Yellow Salsify 45 Tragopogon dubius

Hooker's evening primrose 44 Oenothera elata

Oneseed juniper 46 Juniperus monosperma

Sunflower 43 Helianthus annuus

Prickly Russian thistle 40 Salsola tragus

Apache plume 11 Fallugia paradoxa

Broom snakeweed 40 Gutierrezia sarothrae

Cattail 43 Typha latifolia

Scarlet beeblossom 47 Oenothera suffrutescens

Screwbean Mesquite 48 Prosopis pubescens

False boneset 4 Brickellia eupatorioides

Alfalfa 11 Medicago sativa

Devil's beggarticks 49 Bidens frondosa

Peachleaf willow 50 Salix amygdaloides

Honeysuckle 51 Lonicera albiflora

Canada goldenrod 52 Solidago canadensis

Torrey wolfberry 53 Lycium torreyi

Pale evening primrose 11 Oenothera pallida

Indian blanket 54 Gaillardia pulchella

Bull Thistle 55 Cirsium vulgare

Adonis blazingstar 56 Mentzelia multiflora

White sweetclover 57 Melilotus albus

Rocky Mountain Juniper 11 Juniperus scopulorum

Blue grama 11 Bouteloua gracilis

Russian Thistle 58 Salsola kali pontica