Flora of New Mexico

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Flora of New Mexico Patrick J. Alexander, NMSU
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• Brief history of New Mexico botany
• Spanish ( then Mexicans) didnt do much botany,
  didnt
• let Anglos in
• botany in New Mexico begins (essentially) with
  the
• Mexican-American War
• so lets go through some of the major players
  where they
• visited...

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Augustus Fendler (ellipse) 1846-1847 Frederick
Adolph Wislizenus (line) 1846
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Charles Wright, 1849-1851, US boundary survey
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Edwin L. Greene preacher botanist in Silver
City, 1880-1882
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Elmer O. Wooton, one of first four faculty at
NMSU, 1890-1911 (left) and Paul C. Standley
(right) first real botanists in New Mexico
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Wootons main collection areas (1890-1911)
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the modern era Rich Spellenberg, 1968--
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Kelly Allred 1978-- first agrostologist in the
state
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In the last 20 years... L. McIntosh LC BLM
P. Hoban USFWS R. Fletcher USFS B.
Sivinski NM K. Heil San Juan Coll. Dave
Anderson WSMR Ron Hartman U. Wyo. G. .
B. Jercinovic P. Knight consultant D.
Bleakley consultant T. Todsen WSMR R.
Worthington UTEP We (think we) have a pretty
good idea whats going on. Most collections
from the state are in the last 35 years.
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• Vegetation of New Mexico
• heavily dependent on elevation
• lower parts of the state have unreliable and
  lighter
• winter/early spring rains, and heavy monsoonal
  summer
• rains, two (usually distinct) flowering seasons
• higher areas have mostly summer rain, summer
  flowering
• well go through a number of typical habitats,
  and some
• common or noteworthy plants associated with them

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Jornada del Muerto, NE of Las Cruces dense
creosote shrubland, 4300 ft.
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Jornada del Muerto, NE of Las Cruces tobosa
swale, 4300 ft.
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Larrea tridentata, 12 September 2005
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Jornada del Muerto Koeberlinia spinosa, 25
February 2005
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Jornada del Muerto Koeberlinia spinosa, 25
February 2005
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Coryphantha macromeris, 26 July 2005
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Krameria lanceolata, 15 September 2006
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Krameria lanceolata, 15 September 2006
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Gila River at the Gila Lower Box riparian
corridor amidst desert scrub 4000 ft.
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Gila Lower Box Townsendia annua, 9 April 2006
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Gila Lower Box Townsendia annua, 9 April 2006
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Gila Lower Box Veronica peregrina, 9 April 2006
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Gila Lower Box Veronica peregrina, 9 April 2006
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Aden lava flow lava flow, creosote flats beyond
4300 ft.
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Aden lava flow Phacelia coerulea, 20 February 2005
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Aden lava flow Phacelia coerulea, 20 February 2005
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Aden lava flow Cryptantha crassisepala, 20
February 2005
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Aden lava flow Cryptantha crassisepala, 20
February 2005
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White Sands
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White Sands
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Mescalero Sands
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Carthage Dunes
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Carthage Dunes Phacelia integrifolia, 12 May 2007
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Dimorphocarpa wislizenii, 3 February 2007
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Dimorphocarpa wislizenii, 3 February 2007
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White Sands Asclepias arenicola, 13 July 2007
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White Sands Asclepias arenicola, 13 July 2007
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White Sands Abronia angustifolia, 28 August 2004
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White Sands Abronia angustifolia, 7 June 2005
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Corona Plains, east of Carrizozo plains-mesa
grassland, 5300 ft.
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Corona Plains, east of Carrizozo plains-mesa
grassland, 5300 ft.
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Corona Plains, east of Carrizozo Paronychia
jamesii, 5 July 2006
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Corona Plains, east of Carrizozo Paronychia
jamesii, 5 July 2006
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Corona Plains, east of Carrizozo Asclepias
latifolia, 5 July 2006
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Corona Plains, east of Carrizozo Chamaesyce lata,
5 July 2006
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Corona Plains, east of Carrizozo Chamaesyce lata,
5 July 2006
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Bisti Badlands no plants! 5800 ft.
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Floodplain of Alamosa Creek 6200 ft.
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Floodplain of Alamosa Creek Anemopsis
californica, 26 August 2006
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Floodplain of Alamosa Creek Anemopsis
californica, 26 August 2006
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Floodplain of Alamosa Creek Physalis neomexicana,
26 August 2006
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Floodplain of Alamosa Creek Physalis neomexicana,
26 August 2006
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Floodplain of Alamosa Creek Physalis neomexicana,
26 August 2006
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Floodplain of Alamosa Creek Grindelia arizonica
var. neomexicana, 26 August 2006
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Floodplain of Alamosa Creek Grindelia arizonica
var. neomexicana, 26 August 2006
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West Red Canyon, San Mateo Mts. pinyon/juniper
savannah, 6600 ft.
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Satans Pass Canyon, E of Gallup pinyon/juniper
woodland, 7400 feet
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NE end of the Black Range oak/pinyon/juniper
savannah, 7200 ft.
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Oxytropis sericea, 1 April 2007
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Oxytropis sericea, 1 April 2007
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Astragalus egglestonii, 27 Augut 2005
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Astragalus egglestonii, 27 Augut 2005
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Physaria pinetorum, 16 July 2006
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Sphaeralcea incana, 23 August 2004
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Sphaeralcea incana, 23 August 2004
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Cuba Mesa ponderosa forest, 7200 ft.
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1 mile west of Tres Piedras ponderosa forest,
8400 ft.
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Cuba Mesa Thermopsis rhombifolia, 29 Apr 2007
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1 mile west of Tres Piedras Antennaria
parviflora, 9 May 2007
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1 mile west of Tres Piedras Antennaria
parviflora, 9 May 2007
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Antennaria parviflora, 9 May 2007
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Sierra Blanca subalpine grassland, 9000 ft.
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Sierra Blanca Lupinus sierra-blancae, 3 July 2006
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Sierra Blanca Lupinus sierra-blancae, 7 June 2006
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Sierra Blanca Delphinium novomexicanum, 3 July
2006
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Heuchera wootonii, 17 July 2006
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Heuchera wootonii, 17 July 2006
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Sacramento Mts. near Sunspot spruce/fir forest,
9100 ft.
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Sacramento Mts. near Sunspot Corallorhiza
maculata, 16 June 2007
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Sacramento Mts. near Sunspot Corallorhiza
maculata, 16 June 2007
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Sacramento Mts. near Sunspot Pseudostellaria
jamesiana, 4 July 2005
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Sacramento Mts. near Sunspot Pseudostellaria
jamesiana, 4 July 2005
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Sacramento Mts. near Sunspot Osmorhiza
depauperata, 4 July 2005
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