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Native plants of New Mexico

1,103 species are recorded as native to New Mexico in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS and recorded in the state by USDA PLANTS, 570 of them with growing traits. County lists cover 33 of the state’s 33 counties; the typical county has 258.

State summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

New Mexico at a glance

Native species statewide
1,103 Of 3,495 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to New Mexico (before this site’s scope)
Garden-ready natives
570 With PLANTS growing records
Typical county
258 Median native species per county; 160 garden-ready
Share by type (all 1,103 native species)
Percent of the 1,103 native species in each growth type
Tree 7% (81)
Shrub 9% (95)
Wildflower (forb) 55% (602)
Grass or grass-like 25% (275)
Vine 2% (22)
Fern 3% (28)

Wildflowers: 602 · grasses and grass-like: 275 · trees: 81 · shrubs: 95 · vines: 22 · ferns: 28.

Recorded native ranges can include long-established populations that spread from gardens; check your state’s native plant society list for local guidance. How native status is decided.

Native plants by county

33 New Mexico counties with PLANTS county records
CountyNative speciesGarden-readyHardiness zones
Bernalillo County 301 167 7a–8a
Catron County 315 194 5b–7a
Chaves County 214 109 7a–7b
Cibola County 241 140 5b–7a
Colfax County 371 219 5b–6a
Curry County 104 44 7a–7b
De Baca County 97 52 7a
Doña Ana County 265 145 7b–8b
Eddy County 228 125 8a
Grant County 282 177 7b–8a
Guadalupe County 99 60 7a
Harding County 145 78 6b–7a
Hidalgo County 225 132 8a
Lea County 60 31 7b–8a
Lincoln County 316 190 7a–7b
Los Alamos County 335 190 7b
Luna County 128 74 8a
McKinley County 349 197 6a–7a
Mora County 345 209 6a–6b
Otero County 258 164 7a–8b
Quay County 139 65 7a
Rio Arriba County 616 353 5b–7a
Roosevelt County 207 87 7a–7b
San Juan County 487 272 6b–7a
San Miguel County 475 272 6a–7b
Sandoval County 594 332 5b–7b
Santa Fe County 412 234 6a–7a
Sierra County 252 160 7a–8a
Socorro County 373 211 7a–7b
Taos County 491 286 5a–7a
Torrance County 196 114 6a–7a
Union County 220 111 6a–6b
Valencia County 167 102 7a–7b

Garden-ready natives of New Mexico

Statewide list. A species native somewhere in New Mexico may not be native in your county: use the county lists above to narrow it.

Tree 76

Shrub 79

Wildflower (forb) 219

Grass or grass-like 183

Vine 7

Fern 6

Also listed as native and introduced here 9

PLANTS labels these species both native and introduced in this state: some forms are native and others were brought in from elsewhere. Most gardeners should choose plants from the main list.

  • annual ragweedAmbrosia artemisiifolia
  • biennial wormwoodArtemisia biennis
  • claspleaf twistedstalkStreptopus amplexifolius
  • common pepperweedLepidium densiflorum
  • common reedPhragmites australis
  • floating primrose-willowLudwigia peploides
  • Kentucky bluegrassPoa pratensis
  • tapertip cupgrassEriochloa acuminata
  • white sagebrushArtemisia ludoviciana

Look up a New Mexico ZIP

Matches your ZIP to the county it mostly lies in, then lists the plants recorded as native to your state (Kew’s World Checklist and USDA PLANTS) and recorded in that county by USDA PLANTS.

Territories: Puerto Rico · U.S. Virgin Islands

Source & data date

Source
USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
Citation
USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
Data date
Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
Zones
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (2023) ZIP table: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed November 3, 2026. Plant zones on this site are our estimate, not the official map.
Scope
New Mexico: 1,103 native species in this site’s scope; county lists for 33 counties.
Method
A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources

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