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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 |
| Croton monanthogynus | Prairie tea One-seed Croton | |
| Dasylirion texanum | Texas sotol Sotol | |
| Diospyros texana | Texas persimmon Mexican persimmon Black persimmon Chapote Chapote prieto | |
| Diospyros virginiana | Common persimmon Eastern persimmon | |
| Elymus virginicus | Virginia wildrye Virginia wild rye | |
| Eragrostis intermedia | Plains lovegrass Plains Lovegrass | |
| Erioneuron pilosum | Hairy woollygrass Hairy tridens | |
| Erodium texanum | Fillaree Pine needle Stork’s Bill Texas stork's bill Texas stork’s bill | |
| Euphorbia cyathophora | Wild Poinsettia Poinsettia Fire on the Mountain | |
| Euphorbia dentata | Toothed spurge Toothedleaf poinsettia | |
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