WHETHER IT'S THE SPRING FLUSH OF GOLD POPPIES in the southern deserts, a rare flowering cactus in the badlands, or the wildflower-filled meadows of the northern mountains, New Mexico wildflower…
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In January 2021, Hannah Marx joined the University of New Mexico as an associate professor and curator of the Herbarium of the Museum of Southwestern Biology, which has a collection of 130,582…
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Olivia Carril has a honey of a gig. The Santa Fe Girls’ School science teacher and coauthor of The Bees in Your Backyard: A Guide to North America’s Bees (Princeton University Press) travels the state…
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Marcy Scott, co-owner of Robledo Vista Nursery with her husband, Jimmy Zabriskie , in Las Cruces, has been a passionate birder for almost 40 years. So it’s not surprising that her two pursuits came…
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YOU NEVER QUITE KNOW what you might learn—or encounter—on a guided hike with a trained professional. Randy Roch, a ranger at the Río Grande del Norte National Monument, recalls one such spring trek…
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THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO allow hikers to experience five of New Mexico’s life zones, from foothills to alpine tundra. Each environment has characteristic plant communities that have…
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UNDER THE YELLOW-GREEN JUNIPERS and blue-green piñons, a flush of wildflower color has arrived in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Santa Fe. In mid-May, Tesuque Creek cascades down…
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I'D COME TO THE PECOS WILDERNESS for the caves—the reward for a moderate five-mile hike along Cave Creek Trail. It was mid-August, and despite the narrow, winding road leading to Panchuela Campground…
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The wildflowers are listed clockwise from top left. Illustration by Chris Philpot. Cowpen daisy Known locally as añil del muerto (“bluing of death”), this cheery yellow flower fills vacant lots and…
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BY MAY, THE LOWLAND DESERTS in the south go quiet with the oncoming heat, but the cooler high deserts in the north, as well as mountains across the state, start to pick up the bloom with unique and…
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