(Remember, anything you plant in the soil in DCP must be native to the general area. Non-native plants in pots cannot be allowed to seed into the soil.)
RESOURCES
Native Plant Society of New Mexico, Albuquerque Chapter
Meetings and Programs at Museum of Natural History, Multipurpose Room, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque. Meetings on first Wednesday of month, at 7pm.
Natural Resource Conservation Service Plants Database
New Mexico Rare Plant List and Plant Search
New Mexico Rare Plants Technical Council
333 Broadway Blvd., SE, Rm. 209
Albuquerque, NM 87102
505-842-3228
Fax: 505-842-3152
State Protected Plants of New Mexico
SUGGESTED READINGS
A Field Guide to Grasses of New Mexico by Kelly W. Allred-NMSU
Audubon Guide to Wildflowers (new edition) by Richard Spellenberg
Best Plants for New Mexico by Baker H. Morrow
Central New Mexico Gardens: A Native Plant Selection Guide by Native Plant Society of NM publication, 2005 www.npsnm.unm.edu
Common Southwestern Native Plants by Jack L. Carter
Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West by Gregory L Tilford
Flowers of the Southwest Mountains by Leslie Preston Arnberger
Healing Herbs of the Upper Rio Grande by L.S.M. Curtin
Infusion of Healing: A Treasury of Mexican-American Herbal Remedies by Joie Davidow
Landscaping with Native Plants of the Southwest by George Oxford Miller. Published by Voyageur Press, 2007. The author resides in Albuquerque. SBN-13: 978-0-7603-2968-9 (softbound); ISBN-10: 0-7603-2968-0 (softbound)
Los Remedios by Michael Moore
National Audubon Society Regional Guide to the Southwestern States published by the National Audubon Society
New Mexico Vegetation: Past, Present, and Future by William A. Dick-Peddie
100 Desert Wildflowers of the Southwest by Janice Emily Bowers
Shrubs and Trees of the Southwest Deserts by Janice Emily Bowers
Weeds of the West by Tom D. Whitson
Wild Plants of the Pueblo Province by William W. Dunmire & Gail D. Tierney