Invasive & Non-Native Plants in New Mexico
These non-native plants are among the most commonly recorded spreading in New Mexico. Many crowd out the plants local wildlife depends on. The good news: there's a native you can plant instead.
Common mullein
2,662 sightingsVerbascum thapsus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a New Mexico native that fits the same spot.
Redstem stork's bill
1,384 sightingsErodium cicutarium · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Texas stork's bill (native Erodium)
Field bindweed
1,258 sightingsConvolvulus arvensis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Texas bindweed (native Convolvulus)
Russian olive
1,086 sightingsElaeagnus angustifolia · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Silverberry (native Elaeagnus)
Nodding plumeless thistle
1,084 sightingsCarduus nutans · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a New Mexico native that fits the same spot.
Saltlover
1,042 sightingsHalogeton glomeratus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a New Mexico native that fits the same spot.
Cheatgrass
986 sightingsBromus tectorum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Smooth brome, Fringed brome, Woolly brome (native Bromus)
Horehound
965 sightingsMarrubium vulgare · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a New Mexico native that fits the same spot.
Sweetclover
934 sightingsMelilotus officinalis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a New Mexico native that fits the same spot.
Siberian elm
922 sightingsUlmus pumila · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: American elm, Cedar elm (native Ulmus)
Puncturevine
756 sightingsTribulus terrestris · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a New Mexico native that fits the same spot.
Prickly Russian thistle
724 sightingsSalsola tragus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a New Mexico native that fits the same spot.
Alfalfa
710 sightingsMedicago sativa · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a New Mexico native that fits the same spot.
Yellow salsify
688 sightingsTragopogon dubius · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Remarkable goatsbeard (native Tragopogon)
Tree of heaven
630 sightingsAilanthus altissima · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a New Mexico native that fits the same spot.