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Plants of the Middle Rio Grande Bosque

This Plants of the Middle Rio Grande Bosque field guide is a work in progress sponsored by the Yerba Mansa Project. This guide represents the effort of Albuquerque-area students coming together to produce a resource for anyone wishing to learn more about the plants of the Middle Rio Grande ...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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