Mustang Grape
Vitis mustangensisnative · Hill Country
Mustang Grape is a vine native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–2 ft tall and 50 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms white and red in Apr–Jun. Good for birds and small mammals.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Vine
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (4–7 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spread
- 50 ft
- Bloom
- Apr–Jun · white, red
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes caliche and clay · recorded on calcareous, clay, dry, limestone, loam, sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports birds and small mammals
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesSan Antonio Prairie
3,797 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.