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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
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Tradescantia occidentalis | Prairie spiderwort Western Spiderwort Spiderwort | |
| Typha latifolia | Broadleaf cattail Common cat-tail Broad-leaf cat-tail | |
| Ulmus americana | American elm White elm | |
| Ulmus crassifolia | Cedar elm Fall elm Olmo | |
| Ungnadia speciosa | Mexican buckeye | |
| Verbesina virginica | Frostweed White crownbeard Iceplant Iceweed Virginia crownbeard Indian tobacco Richweed Squawweed | |
| Verbena xutha | Gulf vervain | |
| Vitis mustangensis | Mustang grape | |
| Viburnum rufidulum | Rusty blackhaw viburnum Rusty blackhaw Southern blackhaw Downy viburnum | |
| Wedelia texana | Zexmenia Orange zexmenia Wedelia Hairy wedelia Texas creeping-oxeye | |
| Yucca rupicola | Twistleaf yucca Twisted-leaf yucca Texas yucca | |
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