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Jacob's Well Natural Area
Jacob's Well is one of the most significant natural geologic treasures in the Texas Hill Country. It is one of the longest underwater caves in Texas and an artesian spring. Jacob’s Well surges up thousands of gallons of water per minute and acts as headwaters to the beautiful Cypress Creek that flows through Wimberley, sustaining Blue Hole and the Blanco River, recharging the Edwards Aquifer, and finally replenishing estuaries in the Gulf of Mexico.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Salix nigra | Black willow Gulf black willow | |
| Salvia roemeriana | Cedar sage | |
| Sapindus saponaria | Wingleaf soapberry Soapberry Wild China tree | |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little bluestem | |
| Scutellaria wrightii | Wright's skullcap Bushy skullcap Shrubby skullcap | |
| Senna roemeriana | Twoleaf senna Two leaved senna | |
| Sideroxylon lanuginosum | Gum bumelia Gum bully Woollybucket bumelia Chittamwood Gum elastic Coma | |
| Smilax bona-nox | Saw greenbrier Catbrier Bullbrier | |
| Solanum elaeagnifolium | Silverleaf nightshade Silver-leaf nightshade White horse nettle Trompillo Tomato weed | |
| Sophora secundiflora | Texas mountain laurel Mountain laurel Mescal bean Mescal bean sophora Frijolillo Frijolito | |
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