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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 | |
| Ilex decidua | Possumhaw Possumhaw Holly Deciduous Holly Winterberry Deciduous yaupon | |
| Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Yaupon holly Cassina | |
| Ipomopsis rubra | Standing cypress Texas plume Red Texas star Red gilia | |
| Iva angustifolia | Narrowleaf marshelder Narrow-leaf Sumpweed | |
| Justicia americana | American water-willow Water-willow | |
| Juniperus ashei | Ashe juniper Ashe's juniper Mountain cedar Blueberry juniper | |
| Juglans microcarpa | Little walnut Nogalito Texas walnut Texas black walnut River walnut | |
| Ludwigia repens | Creeping primrose-willow Floating primrose-willow Water primrose | |
| Lupinus texensis | Texas bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas lupine Buffalo clover Wolf-flower | |
| Maurandella antirrhiniflora | Snapdragon Vine Roving sailor Climbing snapdragon Little snapdragon vine | |
| Malvaviscus arboreus | Turkscap Wax mallow Bleeding hearts Mexican apple Manzanilla | |
| Matelea reticulata | Green milkweed vine Net vein milkvine Netted milkvine Pearl milkweed Vine | |
| Mahonia swaseyi | Texas barberry Texas Oregon-grape | |
| Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita Agarito Algerita Laredo mahonia Laredo Oregon-grape Trifoliate barberry | |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock daisy Plains blackfoot | |
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