Rare Plant Watch Documents and Links

Program Training

The 2026 training webinar was held in March. You can find the recordings at the links below; watching these videos counts as receiving training. It totals about 3.5 hours of content. 

 

Data Use and Liability: 

All volunteers and field partners need to submit both parts

Other Program Links:

Desktop Research Resources:

Species Research

  • NM Rare Plants website
  • Flora Neomexicana III Part 2- Allred (free online technical dichotomous key - and available in affordable print from lulu.com)
  • Flora of North America - eFloras
  • SEINet - Database portal of plant collections for AZ and NM: website 
  • In Person: herbaria at UNM (ABQ), NMSU (Las Cruces), or Santa Fe Botanical Garden (collection, contact) may have voucher specimens you can view in person (make contact first to ask; requires an appointment to visit)
  • iNaturalist* Be careful: crowd-sourced information isn’t always accurate.
  • NatureServe Explorer: the definitive source for information on rare and endangered species in the Americas

Location and Habitat Research

  • NM Department of Game and Fish - SWAP Habitats map and descriptions
  • Google Earth - in-browser or desktop software
  • USGS topo maps
  • CalTopo - browser and app mapping software with public lands layers
  • BLM or Forest Service: search for visitor maps and/or Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM)

Program Contacts

*Will respond during business hours

Volunteer Coordinator (main point of contact)
Ari Pepper, Ecologist
Institute for Applied Ecology
rareplantwatch@appliedeco.org 

Program Coordinator:
Kathleen Kline, Botanist/Ecologist
State Botany Program
EMNRD - New Mexico Forestry Division
Kathleen.Kline@emnrd.nm.gov