The USDA's Plants Profile shows Crataegus tracyi to be more common in Travis, Blanco, Gillespie, Bandera and Uvalde counties in the Edwards Plateau. It's also more common in Jeff Davis and Brewster counties of West Texas. It is probably found in other similar counties, but is subject to browsing by deer. Therefore, you are more likely to find specimens surrounded by brushy shrubs and trees that offer protection from browsing. Goat and sheep production was common on the Edwards Plateau during the 20th century. Sheep production peaked at 10.8 million in 1943. Goats and sheep further devastated this and other species.

There's a hawthorn that grows in Brackenridge Park here in San Antonio. I'll check it out and see if I can identify it

It likes igneous soils so I would check out around llano Uplift area. A good excuse to comb Enchanted rock.

For what it is worth, I have a few in my landscape.

How is the fall color bgp?

The wind took care of the sumac but the red oaks are still pretty.

Bobby

BGP, I think he was asking about the fall color on the Tracy Hawthorne. Do you collect the seed?.... or could you collect the seed?

The hawthorn is supposed to have nice fall color.

I saw that photo too. I sure would be interested in seed. I wonder where that photo was taken. I am tempted to say Enchanted rock but the shapes of the rock a re different. I could be very mistaken. Makes me want to jump in a car and drive out there. except that I am freezing.

I'm the king of driving to remote places to collect propagation material. If I find them I'll share supposedly needs warm cold pretreatment and can be finicky from seed. Of course right now they might be gone depending on how popular the fruits are with wildlife. And with the trees losing leaves it may not be easy to find the tree unless you know from experience exactly where they are or are really familiar with it. East of here one of the native hawthorns is parsley hawthorne and its a very pretty little tree.

If one is quick, maybe the leaves are not gone yet. Most of my oaks still have all their leaves. won't be long though.

Are we sure it's at enchanted rock? I've been it isn't that far. That pic could be davis mountains or chisos. I'm working through holidays including Christmas eve. But I'll find it sooner or later. Once an item has been targeted for acquisition into my plant zoo it is acquired... Lol

In my google exploration , I saw mention of one at a rest stop on rt.. 118. That is the road that goes up into there Davis mountains from fort Davis. I also googled up a foto of behind the fort and that looks like the same rock. It is igneous.

Canyon behind Fort Davis?

My husband thinks it looks like Enchanted Rock.

Your photo looks like a White Fringe tree.

Here's is a page about Hawthornes of Northern Mexico that has some very nice hand drawings that would be good for identification. There seems to be a bit of variation in the populations.

The rock doesn't look as pink as the enchanted rock granite but I haven't been in years. The rocks im your pic are probably igneous although I'm no geologist. Limestone is sedimentary so you usually see layers around the only other type is metamorphic which starts as one of the others and is changed by pressure and heat. Limestone turns into marble for example. Granite becomes gneiss. Shale becomes slate. That's about the extent of my rock knowledge!

The pinkness of enchanted rock rock is variable in relationship to the light. I have been there on days it looked really a warm gray. The range is very small in its spots. The spots in the south west of Hill Country confuse me since I don't know any igneous intrusions there. Not saying they aren't there, I just don't know them. Hell I didn't know till a few years ago that the Wichita mountains were igneous. It took a trip there to find that out. They look like a some of the features of enchanted rock except larger and a larger area of them. Not as round also.