Wild Friends’ Pollinator Friendly Guide

The plant is the Tufted Evening Primrose The Broad-Tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus (Oenothera caespitosa) being pollinated by a platycercus) is a medium-sized hummingbird hawkmoth (Sphingidae family.) nearly 4 inches in length, and male and females ~Izaiha Rodriguez, 6th grade both have iridescent green backs and crowns with a white chest. The Broad-Tailed The Lesser Long-Nosed Bat is a medium-sized Hummingbird drinks the nectar of the Desert bat that lives in Central & North America. This Willow (Chilopsis linearis) and pollinates at the bat pollinates and drinks the nectar of a plant same time. ~Bella Silva, age 10 called Parry’s Agave and its Latin name is Agave parryi. The bat’s scientific name is Leptonycteris ~Kayla Sunstrom, 6th grade yerbabuenae. The Parry’s Agave and the Lesser Long-Nosed Bat work together and they depend on each other. ~Julian Sanchez, age 9

This guide is a project of Wild Friends, an experiential science and civics education program for grades 4-12 based at the UNM School of Law. In 2017 Wild Wild Friends Friends students helped write and pass SJM 4, Institute of Public Law “Pollinator-Friendly Plant Labeling Project,” at the University of New School of Law Legislature. MSC11 6060, 1 University of New Mexico This brochure is being distributed free of charge to Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 local plant nurseries across the state. (505) 277-5089 ~Violet Leadbetter, age 9 wildfriends.unm.edu PLANT LIST Color Name Scientific name Pollinators Flower Height Sun Soil Type Season Western yarrow Achillea millefolium Beetles, butterflies, Late spring 3’ Partial Moist to Perennial flies dry flower Hummingbird Agastache (var.) Hummingbirds July- 12-30” Partial Loam to Perennial mint October to full clay flower Parry’s agave Agave parryi Hummingbirds, June- 14-20” Full Rocky, Shrub bees, hawkmoths, August sun well- bats drained Butterfly weed Asclepias tuberosa Butterflies, bees Late Up to Full Sandy, Perennial spring- 36” sun loamy, flower summer dry Chocolate lyrata Butterflies, native Summer 12-18” Full Clay, Perennial flower bees sun sandy, flower average A native bee (Anthophila group) and Apache Plume (Fallugia paradoxa). Apache plumes Blue grama grass Bouteloua gracilis Butterflies (food for Summer - Foliage Sun Gravel, Perennial caterpillars) early fall 4”, sandy, grass bloom in the Spring and their white flowers Seedheads clay attract bees. They are a great nectar source 1-2’ for bees and butterflies and also supply birds Sundrops Calylophus Moths, hawkmoths Summer 8-16” Full Silty to Perennial with nesting sites and materials for nesting. hartwegii sun sandy flower ~Lauren Snippen, 6th grade Desert willow Chilopsis linearis Hummingbirds, Summer 10-20’ Full Gravelly Tree bees, bumblebees sun alluvium Apache plume Fallugia paradoxa Bees, flies, moths, Spring-Fall 3-6’ Full Gravelly Shrub butterflies sun alluvium Blanketflower or Gaillardia aristata Moths Spring 2’ Full Well- Perennial firewheel sun drained flower Tufted evening Oenothera Hawkmoths Summer 3-6” Full Gravel, Perennial primrose caespitosa sun well- flower drained Tulip prickly Opuntia Cactus bees, flies, Spring- 1-3’ Full Sandy to Shrub ~Seth Almanzar, 6th grade pear phaeacantha wasps Summer sun rocky Penstemon Penstemon (var.) Bumblebees, native Spring-Fall Varies Usu. Varies Perennial Sources: pollinator.org Xerces.org (various species) (natives: barbatus, bees, wasps, full sun flower Plantsofthesouthwest.com palmeri, pinifolius, hummingbirds, The Bees in your Backyard others) butterflies, moths Pocket Guide to the Native Bees of New Mexico Mexican Purshia mexicana Bees, flies Summer 4-8’ Full Rocky, Shrub cliffrose sun well- drained Special thanks to Amy Duncan and her students at Sage (various) Salvia (natives: Butterflies, bees, Summer Varies Full Varies Perennial Guadalupe Montessori School in Silver City, and Elena penstemonoides, hummingbirds, sun flower Kayak and her students at Rio Rancho Middle School. azurea, others) moths