Native Plant Society of New Mexico Native Plant Society of New Mexico

Selected Resources – Chihuahuan Desert, Las Cruces area, and New Mexico

NMSU Herbarium display items. Photo credit: Lyn Hoffmann

Plant Identification Aids

• New Mexico State University Herbaria, Las Cruces Campus https://herbarium.nmsu.edu/
• SEINet Plant Database Arizona- New Mexico Chapters https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/index.php
• Flora Neomexicana series by Kelly Allred, Ph.D. available at Lulu.com https://www.lulu.com
• The Sunflower Family: A Guide to the Family Asteraceae in the Contiguous United States by Richard Spellenberg, Ph.D. and Naida Zucker https://shopbritpress.org/collections/all?page=5

Plant Lists for Chihuahuan Desert and New Mexico

• University of Texas El Paso Chihuahuan Desert Plants Plant List http://museum2.utep.edu/chih/gardens/list/species.htm
• New Mexico Flora Images of plants from New Mexico and other parts of southwestern North America. http://www.polyploid.net/swplants/index.html
• The New Mexico Endangered Plant Program https://www.emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/rare-plants/endangered-plants-reports/

Gardening in the S. Chihuahuan Desert – Las Cruces and NM

• Lush and Lean Workshops, City of Las Cruces https://www.lascruces.gov/1288/Lush-Lean-Workshops
• New Mexico State University Desert Blooms Gardening Resources, Events, Webinars https://desertblooms.nmsu.edu/
• Pollinator Gardens: Follow link to the section on this Native Plant Society of New Mexico website for a few recommendations. For native plants for pollinator gardens: https://www.npsnm.org/native-plants-for-beneficial-insects-pollinators/

There are several other resources available on this Native Plant Society of NM website under the section: INFO FOR YOU https://www.npsnm.org/education-outreach/