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December 23, 2009

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With intriguing domes of pinkish granite surrounded by a sea of Hill Country limestone, Enchanted Rock State Natural Area attracts over 300,000 visitors every year who come to the park to hike, rock climb, spelunk, camp, picnic, and observe birds and wildflowers. Geologists from around the world come to Enchanted Rock to examine landforms that were shaped by forces on ancient continents of Earth more than one billion years ago! All of these visitors, however, are only the latest comers in a line of human history that stretches back 13,000 years to early Native Americans and includes Spanish explorers, Mexican and German settlers, and thirteen private and public owners up to the current owner, the state of Texas.

Surprisingly, given the area's wealth of unusual geology, native plants and animals, and human history, no comprehensive guide to Enchanted Rock has been published before now. In Enchanted Rock, you'll find everything you need to fully appreciate this unique place. Lance Allred draws on the work of specialists in many fields to offer a popular account of the park's history, geology, weather, flora, and fauna. Whether you want to know more about how Enchanted Rock was formed, identify a wildflower or butterfly, or learn more about plant communities along the hiking trails, you'll find accurate information here, presented in an inviting style. Over a thousand color photographs illustrate the enjoyable text.

Excerpt from the Geology chapter

As the collision proceeded, the former volcanic island arc was thrust slightly up and over the former marine deposits, which themselves were thrust slightly up and over the continental margin of Laurentia. Greatly thickened crust led to a towering mountain range above the Llano Region. Batholiths which developed earlier from subduction underneath Laurentia were deformed. Shortly after 1120mya, the continents were fused.

Excerpt from the Flora and Fauna chapter

The flowering season starts in late January or February when the ten-petal thimbleweed, tiny bluet, pink vervain, Drummond's skullcap, fumewort, and sheppard's purse begin to emerge, maintaining a small collection of butterflies. A few Hooker's scratch daisies may still be around from the previous fall if there were no prolonged periods of freezing temperatures. The Texas buckeye trees burst out in mid-March, followed soon thereafter by the post oak, plateau live-oak, and blackjack oak trees, attracting large numbers of emerging butterflies and moths.

  
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