Find These Plants in the Gila
THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST lists 51 plant species and 16 insect species as being of “management concern,” meaning they rely on National Forest habitats for their survival or are potentially affected by…
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Tag: Plants
Discover Sabo's Desert Oasis
THE MOTTO AT SABO (Sage Botanical) is simple but vibrant: “Cactus. Comforts. Fresh Starts.” Opened in July 2023 by owner Candace Leigh, the Santa Fe plant and gift boutique specializes in plants that…
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High Aspirations for Alpine Plants
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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Hummingbird Plants of the Southwest
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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Botanists Strive to Identify Every Plant at Gila Cliff Dwellings
Patrice Mutchnick inspects a leaf of dock (Rumex sp.) , a common riparian plant in Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. AS WILLIAM NORRIS AND RUSS KLEINMAN drive through the pink rhyolite-lined…
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Gardening Tips from Family-Owned Roswell Seed Company
No matter what you’re planting, Roswell Seed Company has you covered. Photograph courtesy of Roswell Seed Company. WHETHER WITH POTS OF MAGENTA geraniums or 100-pound bags of alfalfa seed, the Roswell…
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White Sands Power Plants
Illustration by Jameson Simpson. AS THE DUNES AT WHITE SANDS SHIFT, the environment itself changes from dune to dune, enabling distinctive communities of plants on and between each one. “Every step…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend: Memorial Day
Above: Rio Rancho is hosting a virtual Memorial Day ceremony at noon. Photograph by NeONBRAND on Unsplash. IT'S A THREE-DAY weekend, folks. The unofficial kick-off to summer. While this year may feel…
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Nature the Navajo Way
WITH A HEADLAMP STRAPPED to his forehead, Arnold Clifford weaves through aisles of large filing cabinets, some nearly as tall as the room’s ceiling, all at least a couple of decades old. “These need…
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Wildflower Heaven
I SLOW TO MAKE THE CURVE on the winding road to Aguirre Spring Campground, in the Organ Mountains, then brake to a rapid stop and laugh out loud. The thrill from suddenly discovering a slope blanketed…
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