Useful Literature

Below is a brief listing of some useful literature for identifying the native flora of New Mexico.

Allred, K.W. 1993. A Field Guide to the Grasses of New Mexico. New Mexico Agr. Exp. Sta.

Allred, K.W. 1997. A Field Guide to the Flora of the Jornada Plain. 2nd ed. Contr. Range Sci. Herb.

Barneby, R.C. 1964. Atlas of North American Astragalus. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden, Vol. 13

Benson, L. 1982. The Cacti of the United States and Canada. Stanford University Press.

Bleakly, D.L. 1998. A Key to the Penstemons of New Mexico. The New Mexico Botanist. No.9

Carter, J.L. 1997. Trees and Shrubs of New Mexico. Mimbres Publishing. ISBN 0-9658404-0-9

Correll, D.S. & H.B. Correll. 1972. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southwestern United States. Vol. 1. Stanford University Press.

Correll, D.S. & M.C. Johston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas. Texas Research Foundation.

Cronquist, A., A.H. Holmgren, N.H. Holmgren, J.L. Reveal. Intermountain Flora, Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. Vols. 1, 2, 3A-B, 4, 5 & 6. New York Botanical Garden.

Great Plains Flora Association. 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. University Press of Kansas.

Isley, D. 1998. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States. Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.

Ivey, R.D. 1995. Flowering plants of New Mexico. 3rd ed. Publ. by the author. [line drawings]

Kearney, T.H. & R.H. Peebles. 1951. Arizona Flora. University of California Press.

Martin, W.C. and C.R. Hutchins. 1980,1981. A Flora of New Mexico. Vols. 1,2. Vaduz, Germany, J. Cramer. (Out of print)

New Mexico Native Plants Protection Advisory Committee. 1984. A Handbook of Rare and Endemic Plants of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press.

Roalson, E.H. and K.W. Allred. 1995. A Working Index of New Mexico Vascular Plant Names. New Mexico Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. Rep. 702.