Curriculum: From Ponderosa to Prickly Pear: Exploring the Native Plants of New Mexico

From Ponderosa to Prickly Pear: Exploring the Native Plants of New Mexico was release in early 2017 and was compiled by staff from our Southwest Program office in Santa Fe, NM.  This high-school level ecoregional curriculum offers a complete study of native plants in the “Land of Enchantment” state.

Lessons encourage students to explore what is outside their door and to journey through the flora, ecology, landscape management, and cultural plant relationships unique to New Mexico and the Southwest.

This project was made possible thanks to funding from the Bureau of Land Management and the Native Plant Society of New Mexico.