Mexican Ash
Fraxinus berlandieriananative · Hill Country
Mexican Ash is a tree native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 30–45 ft tall and 30 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms white and purple in Mar–Jun. Good for butterflies.
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The facts
5 sources- Type
- Tree
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–7 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 30–45 ft
- Spread
- 30 ft
- Bloom
- Mar–Jun · white, purple
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes caliche and clay · recorded on clay, dry, loam, rocky, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsNorthern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesLimestone Cut Plain
160 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.