Plants of the Middle Rio Grande Bosque

This Plants of the Middle Rio Grande field guide is a work in progress, representing the effort of Albuquerque-area students coming together to produce an invaluable resource for anyone wishing to learn more about the plants of the Middle Rio Grande Bosque. The guide is intended to be a ...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 grass 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

Nodding spurge ²⁴
Euphorbia nutans

Hardstem bulrush ⁶
Schoenoplectus acutus

Northern water plantain ⁴
Alisma triviale

White prairie aster ⁴
Symphyotrichum falcatum

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

Toothleaf goldeneye ³⁰
Viguiera dentata

Maximilian sunflower ¹¹
Helianthus maximiliani

Black nightshade ³¹
Solanum nigrum

Lemonscent ¹⁵
Pectis angustifolia

Copper globemallow ³²
Sphaeralcea angustifolia

Field bindweed ³³
Convolvulus arvensis

Horsetail milkweed ³⁴
Asclepias subverticillata

Woodbine ³⁵
Parthenocissus inserta

Texas blueweed ¹⁵
Helianthus ciliaris

Oregon grape ³⁶
Mahonia aquifolium

Creeping mahonia ¹¹
Mahonia repens

Common purslane ³⁷
Portulaca oleracea

Pale wolfberry ⁴
Lycium pallidum

Ravenna grass ³⁸
Saccharum ravennae

American licorice ³⁹
Glycyrrhiza lepidota

Upright prairie coneflower ⁴⁰
Ratibida columnifera

Purple Coneflower ⁴¹
Echinacea purpurea

prickly lettuce ⁴²
Lactuca serriola

Snowberry ⁴³
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

Yellow salsify ⁴⁴
Tragopogon dubius

Hooker's evening primrose ⁴³
Oenothera elata

Oneseed juniper ⁴⁵
Juniperus monosperma

Sunflower ⁴²
Helianthus annuus

Prickly Russian thistle ³⁹
Salsola tragus

Apache plume ¹¹
Fallugia paradoxa

Broom snakeweed ³⁹
Gutierrezia sarothrae

Cattail ⁴²
Typha latifolia

Scarlet beeblossom ⁴⁶
Oenothera suffrutescens

Screwbean mesquite ⁴⁷
Prosopis pubescens

False boneset ⁴
Brickellia eupatorioides

Alfalfa ¹¹
Medicago sativa

Devil's beggarticks ⁴⁸
Bidens frondosa

Peachleaf willow ⁴⁹
Salix amygdaloides

White honeysuckle ⁵⁰
Lonicera albiflora

Canada goldenrod ⁵¹
Solidago canadensis

Torrey wolfberry ⁴
Lycium torreyi

Pale evening primrose ¹¹
Oenothera pallida

Indian blanket ⁵²
Gaillardia pulchella

Bull Thistle ⁵³
Cirsium vulgare

Adonis blazingstar ⁵⁴
Mentzelia multiflora

white sweetclover ⁵⁵
Melilotus albus

Rocky Mountain juniper ¹¹
Juniperus scopulorum

Blue grama ¹¹
Bouteloua gracilis

Russian thistle ³⁸
Kali tragus

White mulberry ⁵⁶
Morus alba

False indigo ⁴²
Amorpha

Scarlet globemallow ³⁶
Sphaeralcea coccinea

Woods' rose ⁵⁷
Rosa woodsii

Coyote willow ⁵⁸
Salix exigua

milkweeds ³⁸
Asclepias

Ragweed ¹¹
Ambrosia acanthicarpa

Fourwing saltbush ¹¹
Atriplex canescens

Nodding beggarticks ⁵⁹
Bidens cernua

Russian Olive ⁴²
Elaeagnus angustifolia

Seep willow ⁶⁰
Baccharis salicifolia

Black locust ⁴⁹
Robinia pseudoacacia

Roundleaf monkeyflower ⁴³
Mimulus glabratus

Texas croton ⁴
Croton texensis

Sacred thorn-apple ⁶¹
datura wrightii

Western goldenrod ⁶²
Euthamia occidentalis

Virginia creeper ⁴²
Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Groundcherry ⁴
Physalis virginiana

Thicksepal Cryptantha ³
Cryptantha crassisepala

London rocket ⁶³
Sisymbrium irio

Spiny cocklebur ⁶⁴
Xanthium spinosum

Prickly sowthistle ⁶⁵
Sonchus asper

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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 grass 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

Nodding spurge 24 Euphorbia nutans

Hardstem bulrush 6 Schoenoplectus acutus

Northern water plantain 4 Alisma triviale

White prairie aster 4 Symphyotrichum falcatum

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

Toothleaf goldeneye 30 Viguiera dentata

Maximilian sunflower 11 Helianthus maximiliani

Black nightshade 31 Solanum nigrum

Lemonscent 15 Pectis angustifolia

Copper globemallow 32 Sphaeralcea angustifolia

Field bindweed 33 Convolvulus arvensis

Horsetail milkweed 34 Asclepias subverticillata

Woodbine 35 Parthenocissus inserta

Texas blueweed 15 Helianthus ciliaris

Oregon grape 36 Mahonia aquifolium

Creeping mahonia 11 Mahonia repens

Common purslane 37 Portulaca oleracea

Pale wolfberry 4 Lycium pallidum

Ravenna grass 38 Saccharum ravennae

American licorice 39 Glycyrrhiza lepidota

Upright prairie coneflower 40 Ratibida columnifera

Purple Coneflower 41 Echinacea purpurea

prickly lettuce 42 Lactuca serriola

Snowberry 43 Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

Yellow salsify 44 Tragopogon dubius

Hooker's evening primrose 43 Oenothera elata

Oneseed juniper 45 Juniperus monosperma

Sunflower 42 Helianthus annuus

Prickly Russian thistle 39 Salsola tragus

Apache plume 11 Fallugia paradoxa

Broom snakeweed 39 Gutierrezia sarothrae

Cattail 42 Typha latifolia

Scarlet beeblossom 46 Oenothera suffrutescens

Screwbean mesquite 47 Prosopis pubescens

False boneset 4 Brickellia eupatorioides

Alfalfa 11 Medicago sativa

Devil's beggarticks 48 Bidens frondosa

Peachleaf willow 49 Salix amygdaloides

White honeysuckle 50 Lonicera albiflora

Canada goldenrod 51 Solidago canadensis

Torrey wolfberry 4 Lycium torreyi

Pale evening primrose 11 Oenothera pallida

Indian blanket 52 Gaillardia pulchella

Bull Thistle 53 Cirsium vulgare

Adonis blazingstar 54 Mentzelia multiflora

white sweetclover 55 Melilotus albus

Rocky Mountain juniper 11 Juniperus scopulorum

Blue grama 11 Bouteloua gracilis

Russian thistle 38 Kali tragus

White mulberry 56 Morus alba