Natural History Wanderings

Wildflower Websites for New Mexico

Desert USA http://www.desertusa.com/wildflo/nm.html (wildflower bloom reports)

Wildflower Hunting in the American Southwest – New Mexico http://gosw.about.com/od/resortsandtours/a/wildflowers_2.htm (information on wildflower locations)

Southwest Colorado Wildflowers, Ferns and Trees http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/ (plant identification and more)

US Wildflower’s Database of Wildflowers for New Mexico http://uswildflowers.com/wfquery.php?State=NM  (information about some of the wildflowers found in New Mexico)

Cwildflowers.com! Colorado http://www.cwildflowers.com/New_Mexico.htm

Native Plant Society of New Mexico http://npsnm.unm.edu/

U.S. National Forest Wildflower viewing areas New Mexico http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/regions/southwestern/index.shtml

• Catwalk Riparian Forest – Gila National Forest
• Las Conchas Trail – Santa Fe National Forest
• Lookout Mountain Alpine Tundra – Lincoln National Forest
• Mills Canyon – Kiowa / Rita Blanca National Grasslands
• Sandia Crest – Cibola National Forest
• Santa Fe Ski Basin – Santa Fe National Forest
• Valle Vidal – Carson National Forest

Native Plant Society of New Mexico  http://npsnm.unm.edu/

Wildflower Books for New Mexico

Summer Wildflowers of New Mexico by William C. Martin

New Mexico Trees and Wildflowers: An Introduction to Familiar Species by James Kavanaugh

Spring Wildflowers of New Mexico by William Martin and Charles R. Hutchins

A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain Wildflowers: Northern Arizona and New Mexico to British Columbia by John J., Frank C Craighead, Jr., and Ray Davis Craighead

The Wild Orchids of Arizona and New Mexico by Ronald A. Coleman