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/products/sunflowerfamily?_pos=1&_psq=sun&_ss=e&_v=1.0
Plant Lists for the 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 Southern 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 the 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/
Several other resources are available on this Native Plant Society of NM website under the menus GO NATIVE and INFO FOR YOU.