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Central New Mexico Gardens
A Native Plants Selection Guide
 By Carolyn Dodson and Peggy Wells
Published by the Native Plant Society of New Mexico

Central New Mexico Gardens

  • The Native Plant Society of New Mexico is very concerned about the impacts of off-road vehicles on our native flora, and about the spread of invasive plant species. Read the NPSNM position paper written by Donna Stevens, Gila Chapter, May 2008.
  • 4th Lone Star Regional Native Plant Conference May 28-June 1, 2008 in Nacogdoches, Texas. The conference is hosted by the SFA Pineywoods Native Plant Center. Conference Information
  • Checklist of the Flora of the Sandias by Robert Sivinski. The document can be downloaded and printed from the following webpage: Publication Series of the Museum of Southwestern Biology - Occasional Papers. It is number 10 of the Occasional Papers. Simply click on the link at the end of the citation. Congratulations and kudos to Bob! Thanks to Kelly Allred and Wayne Elisen for reviewing the manuscript.
  • NPSNM wins National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant for the US 62-180 plant salvage project. See Conservation Corner for details and a list of rescued plant species. Many thanks to Jim Nellessen and Sandra Lynn for their work in promoting this worthwhile conservation effort.
  • 3rd edition of Kelly Allred's "Field Guide to the Grasses of New Mexico" is now available! Call New Mexico State University Agricultural Communications at 505-646-2701. $21.95 + shipping or Purchase from NPS Bookstore.
  • Gardens of New Spain- How Mediterranean Plants and Foods Changed America: A recent book by William W. Dunmire. Purchase from NPS Bookstore.
  • A new federal publication on shrubs from the USDA-Rocky Mountain Research Station in Fort Collins, Colorado. Just ask for: Francis, John K. ed. 2004. Wildland shrubs of the United States and it's Territories: thamnic descriptions: volume 1. Gen. Tech. Rep. IITF-GTR-26. San Juan, PR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, and Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 830 p. This volume has 311 short monographs on woody plants. Most do not occur in NM, but some do.
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