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Saturday, March 23, 2019

6790' MuRefuge Plant List (2018)

NATIVE 
GRASS
Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
Bush Muhly (Muhlenbergia porteri)
Grama (Boutelous)
Blue (B. gracilis)
Sideoats (B. curtipendula)
Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)
Indian Ricegrass (Achnatherum hymenoides
Junegrass (Koeleria macrantha)
Sacaton (Sporobolus)
Alkali Sacaton (S. airoides)
Giant (S. wrightii)
Sand Lovegrass (Eragrostis trichodes)

BIENNIAL
Desert Marigold (Baileya multiradiata)
Purple Aster (Machaeranthera biglovii)

PERENNIAL
Autumn Sage (Salvia greggii)
Beargrass (Nolina microcarpa)
Beebalm (monarda fistulose v. menthifolia)
Bladder Pod (Lesquerella species)
Century Plant (Agave americana)
Claret Cup Cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus)
Columbine (Aquilegia)
Rocky Mountain Columbine (A. caerulea)
Yellow or Golden Columbine (A. chrysantha)
Cota, Greenthread (Thelesperma megapotamicum)
Chocolate Daisy (Berlandiera lyrata)
Desert Four O’Clock (Mirabilis multiflora)
Fendler’s Sundrops (Calylophus hartwegii fendleri)
Fringed Sage (Artemisia frigida)
Mexican Hat (Ratibida columnifera)
Milkweed (Asclepias)
Antelope Horn Milkweed (A. asperula)
Showy Milkweed (A. speciosa)
Mormon Tea, NV (Ephedra nevadensis)
Paperflower (Psilostrophe tagetina)
Penstemon
Desert Beardtongue (P. pseudospectabilis)
James (P. jamesii)
Pink Wild Snapdragon (P. palmeri)
Rocky Mountain (P. strictus)
Scarlet Bugler (Penstemon barbatus)
Pink Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum)
Prairie Zinnia (Zinnia grandiflora)
Primrose (Oenothera)
Missouri Evening (O. macrocarpa)
White Tufted Evening Primrose (O. caespitosa)
Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea)
Santa Fe Cholla (Opuntia viridiflora))
Threadleaf Groundsel (Senecio longilobus)
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

SHRUB
Apache Plume (Fallugia paradoxa)
Chamisa/Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus)
Four Wing Saltbush (Atriplex canescens)
Desert Holly( Mahonia haematocarpa)
Golden Currant (Ribes aureum)
Lead Plant (Amorpha canescens)
Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus)
Alderleaf (C. montanus)
      Curl leaf (C. ledifolius)
Littleleaf (C. intricatus)
New Mexico Privet (Forestieta neomexicana
Sage (Artemisia)
Big Sage (A. tridentata)
Silver Sage (A. cana)
Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia)
Three Leaf Sumac (Rhus trilobata)  
Winterfat (Krascheninnikovia lanata)
Yucca
Broadleaf, by local Tewa called “Banana Yucca” (Y. baccata)
Narrowleaf (Y. glauca)

TREE
Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis ‘Bubba’)
Gambel’s Oak (Quercus gambelii)
New Mexico Locust (Robinia neomexicana)
One Seed Juniper (Juniperus monosperma)
Prunus
Chokecherry (P. virginiana)
Wild Plum (P. americana)
Pinon Pine (Pinus edulis)

NONNATIVE
BERRIES
Prince Ark Freedom Blackberry
Allstar Strawberry
Heritage Raspberry

EDIBLE
Glaskins Perpetual Rhubarb

HERB
Annual
      Chervil
     Cilantro
Summer Savory
Perennial
Italian ‘Gigante’ Flat leaf Parsley
  Lovage
Oregano
Sage
Berggarten
Common
Tricolor
Thyme

PERENNIAL
Chinese Bo-ju-hua Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)purpurea)
Comfrey, True (Symphytum officinalis)
Lovage
Coneflower (Echinacea)
Narrow leaved (E. angustifolia) 
Purple (E. purpura)
Tansy

VINE
Grape
Himrod (white)
Saint Theresa (red)

SHRUB 
Elderberry
Nova
York


TREE
Apple
Esopus Spitzenburg
Westfield Seek No Further
Apricot
Hargrande Apricot
Harogem
Peach
Reliance
Plum

Green Gage 

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

2019 Spring Equinox

"At night make me one with the darkness
In the morning make me one with the light."
                          Wendell Berry

These stunningly beautiful photographs
were taken by Katie and Michael Stoyka
on their Panama venture last year at this time.
On March 20, 2019, the Spring Equinox (a.k.a. Vernal Equinox) occurs. It is  the special time of the year when the darkness and light are in perfect balance. 



For the Northern Hemisphere, the Spring Equinox is the moment when Winter ends and Spring begins. It also marks the astronomical first day of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. 

Earth based spiritual practices calls this time Eostar (pronounced O-STAR-ah)
Out of the darkness of despair, out of the bleak dim days, the Goddess returns. With color, bright freshness, sweet fragrance and joy on her wings, this is the time to awaken and to celebrate life


The astrological event of full supermoon comes a mere four hours after this March equinox. The closest coincidence of the March equinox and full moon occurred on March 20, 2000.

As we each celebrate the light and the dark, harmony and balance, may we be filled with joy and