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Tuesday - March 20, 2007
From: Angel Fire, , NM
Region: Southwest
Topic: Wildflowers
Title: Wildflowers for Angel Fire, NM
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:
What wildflowers would you recommend for Angel Fire, NM, at an elevation of 9150 ft. with rocky soil and a windy, northwest exposure? Thank you for your help!ANSWER:
Here are some recommendations for alpine plants that are native to Colfax County, New Mexico:
- Achillea millefolium (common yarrow)
- Aconitum columbianum (Columbian monkshood)
- Agoseris aurantiaca (orange agoseris)
- Astragalus alpinus (alpine milkvetch)
- Campanula rotundifolia (bluebell bellflower)
- Dodecatheon pulchellum (darkthroat shootingstar)
- Pseudocymopterus montanus (alpine false springparsley)
- Zigadenus elegans (mountain deathcamas)
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