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From the creek bottom to the ponderosa on the ridges, a short climb crosses four plant worlds. These are species known in this valley and at this elevation, from the cottonwoods to the paintbrush.
Water makes this valley. Along Polvadera Creek and the acequia, cottonwood, willow and cattail grow as they would in a much wetter place. Step a few yards uphill and the country turns to piñon, juniper, sage and cactus. Higher still, toward the national forest, ponderosa and oak take over.
The apricots, apples, pears and plums in the orchard were planted by people over generations, so they are not on this list. Please look, smell and photograph, but leave wild plants where they grow. Several, like sacred datura, are poisonous.
The wettest, greenest ground on the LAND, and the richest for birds.
Open ground around the orchard and along the roads, at its best from June through the monsoon.
The country most people picture when they think of northern New Mexico.
Cooler, higher ground where the Santa Fe National Forest begins.
Every plant here is an address.Someone lives in it.
