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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 |
| Euphorbia marginata | Snow on the mountain Snow-on-the-mountain | |
| Evolvulus sericeus | Silver dwarf morning-glory White Evolvulus | |
| Eysenhardtia texana | Texas kidneywood Kidneywood Bee-Brush Vara dulce | |
| Forestiera pubescens | Stretchberry Elbow bush Spring herald | |
| Frangula caroliniana | Carolina buckthorn Carolina false buckthorn Indian cherry | |
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green ash Red ash | |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Firewheel Indian Blanket | |
| Galium texense | Texas bedstraw | |
| Geum canadense | White avens | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida | Purple prairie verbena Prairie verbena Dacota vervain Dakota mock vervain Moradilla | |
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