Jacob's Well Natural AreaJacob'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. |
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Scientific Name | Common Name | Duration | Habit | Sun | Water |
Abutilon fruticosum | Indian Mallow, Texas Indian Mallow | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Acalypha ostryifolia | Pineland Threeseed Mercury, Hop-hornbeam Copperleaf | Annual | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Acalypha phleoides | Shrubby Copperleaf, Three-seeded Mercury | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Acer negundo | Box Elder, Box Elder Maple, Ash-leaved Maple, Ashleaf Maple, Red River Maple, Fresno De Guajuco | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Aesculus glabra var. arguta | Ohio Buckeye, White Buckeye, Texas Buckeye | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Aesculus pavia | Red Buckeye, Scarlet Buckeye , Firecracker Plant | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Allium canadense | Meadow Garlic, Wild Garlic, Wild Onion | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist |
Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo Bush, False Indigo Bush, False Indigo, Desert False Indigo | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy Bluestem, Brushy Bluestem | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet, Moist |
Argemone albiflora | Bluestem Pricklypoppy, White Pricklypoppy, White Prickly Poppy | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Aristida purpurea | Purple Threeawn, Purple 3-awn, Purple Three-awn, Red Threeawn | Annual | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Asclepias asperula | Antelope-horns, Spider Milkweed, Green-flowered Milkweed, Spider Antelope-horns, Antelope Horns | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Baccharis neglecta | False Willow, Jara Dulce, Poverty Weed, Roosevelt Weed | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Bothriochloa laguroides | Silver Bluestem, Silver Beardgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | ||
Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama, Banderilla, Banderita, Navajita | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Bouteloua rigidiseta | Texas Grama | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Buddleja racemosa | Wand Butterflybush, Wand Butterfly-bush | Perennial | Shrub | ||
Callicarpa americana | American Beautyberry , French Mulberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup, Purple Poppy Mallow | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Calyptocarpus vialis | Horseherb, Straggler Daisy, Hierba Del Caballo, Lawnflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Carex blanda | Eastern Woodland Sedge, Creek Sedge, Common Wood Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Carex planostachys | Cedar Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Carya illinoinensis | Pecan | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Celtis laevigata | Sugar Hackberry, Texas Sugarberry, Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry, Hackberry, Palo Blanco | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Centaurium texense | Lady Bird's Centaury, Texas Centaury | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush, Buttonbush, Button Willow, Honey Bells, Honeybells, Honey Balls, Honeyballs, Button-bush | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas Redbud | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Chaetopappa asteroides | Arkansas Leastdaisy, Least Daisy | Annual | Herb | ||
Chasmanthium latifolium | Inland Sea Oats, Indian Wood Oats, Wild Oats, River Oats, Flathead Oats, Upland Oats, Upland Sea Oats | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Cirsium texanum | Texas Thistle | Biennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Cissus trifoliata | Cow-itch Vine, Cow Itch Vine, Sorrelvine, Grape Ivy, Possum Grape, Arizona Grape Ivy | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | |
Clematis drummondii | Old Man's Beard, Drummond's Clematis, Texas Virgin's Bower, Goat's Beard | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Clematis texensis | Scarlet Clematis, Scarlet Leatherflower, Texas Clematis | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Moist |
Cocculus carolinus | Carolina Snailseed, Carolina Coralbead, Carolina Moonseed, Red Berried Moonseed, Carolina Red Berried Moonseed | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Moist |
Cooperia pedunculata | Hill Country Rain Lily, Prairie Lily, Rain Lily, Flor De Mayo | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Lance-leaved Coreopsis, Lanceleaf Tickseed, Sand Coreopsis | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains Coreopsis, Golden Tickseed, Goldenwave, Calliopsis | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Cornus drummondii | Roughleaf Dogwood, Drummond's Dogwood, Rough-leaf Dogwood | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Croton fruticulosus | Bush Croton, Encinilla, Hierba Loca | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Croton monanthogynus | Prairie Tea, One-seed Croton, Doveweed, Dove Weed, Prairie Goatweed | Annual | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Dasylirion texanum | Texas Sotol, Sotol | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon, Mexican Persimmon, Black Persimmon, Chapote, Chapote Prieto | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Diospyros virginiana | Common Persimmon, Eastern Persimmon, Possumwood, Date Plum, Winter Plum, Jove's Fruit | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Elymus virginicus | Virginia Wild Rye, Virginia Wildrye | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Eragrostis intermedia | Plains Lovegrass, Plains Love Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Erioneuron pilosum | Hairy Woollygrass, Hairy Tridens | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Erodium texanum | Texas Stork's Bill, Stork's Bill, Pine Needle, Fillaree | Annual, Biennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Euphorbia cyathophora | Wild Poinsettia, Poinsettia, Fire On The Mountain | Annual | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Euphorbia dentata | Toothed Spurge, Toothed-leaf Poinsettia | Annual | Herb | ||
Euphorbia marginata | Snow On The Mountain, Snow-on-the-mountain | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Evolvulus sericeus | Silver Dwarf Morning-glory, White Evolvulus | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Eysenhardtia texana | Texas Kidneywood, Kidneywood, Bee Brush, Vara Dulce, Palo Dulce | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Forestiera pubescens | Elbowbush, Stretchberry, Spring Herald, Desert Olive, Tanglewood, Devil's Elbow, Spring Goldenglow, New Mexico Privet, Texas Forsythia | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Frangula caroliniana | Carolina Buckthorn, Carolina False Buckthorn, Yellow Buckthorn, Indian Cherry, Yellowwood | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green Ash, Red Ash, Swamp Ash, River Ash, Water Ash, Darlington Ash | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket, Firewheel, Girasol Rojo | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Galium aparine | Stickywilly, Catchweed Bedstraw, Cleavers, Common Bedstraw, Sticky Weed, Goose Grass | Annual | Herb, Vine | Shade | |
Galium texense | Texas Bedstraw | Annual | Herb | ||
Geum canadense | White Avens | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Glandularia bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena, Purple Prairie Verbena, Dakota Vervain, Dakota Mock Vervain, Moradilla, Alfombrilla | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Ilex decidua | Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly, Deciduous Holly, Meadow Holly, Prairie Holly, Swamp Holly, Welk Holly, Deciduous Yaupon, Bearberry, Winterberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon, Yaupon Holly, Cassina | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Ipomopsis rubra | Standing Cypress, Texas Plume, Red Texas Star, Red Gilia | Biennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Iva angustifolia | Narrowleaf Marshelder, Narrow-leaf Sumpweed, Narrowleaf Marsh Elder | Annual | Herb | ||
Juglans microcarpa | Little Walnut, Texas Walnut, Texas Black Walnut, River Walnut, Nogalito, Nogalillo, Namboca | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Juniperus ashei | Ashe Juniper, Ashe's Juniper, Mountain Cedar, Rock Cedar, Post Cedar, Texas Cedar, Brake Cedar, Mexican Juniper, Blueberry Juniper, Ozark White Cedar, Sabino, Enebro | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Justicia americana | American Water-willow, Water-willow | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Ludwigia repens | Creeping Primrose-willow, Floating Primrose-willow, Water Primrose | Perennial | Herb | ||
Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet, Bluebonnet, Texas Lupine, Buffalo Clover, Wolf Flower | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Mahonia swaseyi | Texas Barberry, Texas Oregon-grape | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita, Agarito, Algerita, Laredo Mahonia, Laredo Oregon-grape, Trifoliate Barberry, Wild Currant | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Malvaviscus arboreus | Turkscap, Wax Mallow, Bleeding Hearts, Mexican Apple, Manzanita | Perennial | Shrub | ||
Matelea reticulata | Pearl Milkweed Vine, Netted Milkvine, Green Milkweed Vine, Net Vein Milkvine | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Dry |
Maurandella antirrhiniflora | Snapdragon Vine , Roving Sailor, Climbing Snapdragon, Little Snapdragon Vine | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Dry |
Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy, Rock Daisy, Plains Blackfoot, Arnica | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Mimosa borealis | Fragrant Mimosa, Pink Mimosa | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Morus rubra | Red Mulberry, Moral | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Nassella leucotricha | Texas Wintergrass, Texas Speargrass, Wintergrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose, Showy Evening Primrose, Mexican Evening Primrose, Showy Primrose, Pink Ladies, Buttercups, Pink Buttercups | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Opuntia engelmannii | Cactus Apple, Prickly Pear | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Opuntia macrorhiza | Bigroot Prickly Pear, Twist-spine Prickly Pear, Common Prickly Pear, Plains Prickly Pear | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Oxalis dillenii | Slender Yellow Wood Sorrel, Yellow Wood Sorrel, Yellow Woodsorrel | Perennial | Herb | ||
Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass, Wand Panic Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Parietaria pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Pellitory, Pennsylvania Cucumber Plant | Annual | Herb | ||
Parthenocissus heptaphylla | Sevenleaf Creeper, Seven-leaf Creeper | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Passiflora lutea | Yellow Passionflower, Yellow Passion Vine, Yellow Passion-flower | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Phacelia congesta | Caterpillars, Blue Curls, Fiddleneck | Annual, Biennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit, Turkey Tangle Fogfruit, Frogfruit | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Phyllanthus polygonoides | Smartweed Leaf-flower, Knotweed Leafflower | Perennial | Subshrub | ||
Physalis cinerascens | Smallflower Groundcherry | Perennial | Herb | ||
Platanus occidentalis | American Sycamore, Eastern Sycamore, American Plane Tree, Plane Tree, Buttonwood, Buttonball Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Prosopis glandulosa | Honey Mesquite, Glandular Mesquite, Algarroba | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Prunus mexicana | Mexican Plum, Bigtree Plum, Inch Plum | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash, Common Hoptree, Hop Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus | Smallflower Desert-chicory, Texas Dandelion, False Dandelion | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Quercus buckleyi | Texas Red Oak, Buckley Oak, Texas Oak, Spanish Oak, Spotted Oak, Rock Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus fusiformis | Escarpment Live Oak, Plateau Live Oak, Hill Country Live Oak, Texas Live Oak, Scrub Live Oak, Plateau Oak, Encino Molino, Tesmoli | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus marilandica | Blackjack Oak, Barren Oak, Black Oak, Jack Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus sinuata | Bastard Oak, Durand Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat, Red-spike Mexican Hat, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Long-headed Coneflower, Thimbleflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Rhus lanceolata | Prairie Flameleaf Sumac, Flameleaf Sumac, Prairie Sumac, Lance-leaf Sumac, Lance-leaved Sumac, Texas Sumac, Tree Sumac, Limestone Sumac, Prairie Shining Sumac | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Rhus virens | Evergreen Sumac, Tobacco Sumac, Lambrisco, Lentrisco | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Rhynchosia minima | Least Snoutbean | Perennial | Vine | ||
Rhynchosia senna var. texana | Texas Snoutbean, Texas Snout-bean | Perennial | Vine | ||
Rubus trivialis | Southern Dewberry, Dewberry | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan, Common Black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan, Blackeyed Susan | Annual, Biennial, Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Ruellia nudiflora | Violet Ruellia, Common Wild Petunia, Violet Wild Petunia, Wild Petunia, Hierba De La Calentura | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sabal minor | Dwarf Palmetto, Bush Palmetto, Palmetto | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Salix nigra | Black Willow, Gulf Black Willow, Swamp Willow, Sauz | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage, Mealy Sage, Mealycup Sage | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Salvia roemeriana | Cedar Sage | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Sapindus saponaria | Wingleaf Soapberry, Soapberry, Wild China Tree | Perennial | Tree | ||
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem, Popotillo Azul | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Scutellaria wrightii | Wright's Skullcap, Bushy Skullcap, Shrubby Skullcap | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Senna roemeriana | Twoleaf Senna, Two Leaved Senna | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Sideroxylon lanuginosum | Gum Bumelia, Gum Bully, Woollybucket Bumelia, Woolly Bumelia, Gum Woollybucket, Woolly Buckthorn, Chittamwood, Shittamwood, Gum Elastic, Coma, Black Haw | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Silene antirrhina | Sleepy Silene, Sleepy Catchfly | Annual | Herb | ||
Smilax bona-nox | Sawbriar, Saw Greenbriar, Catbriar, Bullbriar, Stretchberry Vine | Perennial | Vine | Shade | Moist, Dry |
Solanum elaeagnifolium | Silverleaf Nightshade, Silver-leaf Nightshade, White Horse Nettle, Trompillo, Tomato Weed, Bull Nettle | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Sophora secundiflora | Texas Mountain Laurel, Mountain Laurel, Mescal Bean, Mescal Bean Sophora, Frijolillo, Frijolito | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Spermolepis inermis | Red River Scaleseed, Spreading Scaleseed | Annual | Herb | ||
Styphnolobium affine | Eve's Necklace, Eve's Necklacepod, Texas Sophora, Pink Sophora, Necklace Tree | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Taxodium distichum | Bald Cypress, Baldcypress, Common Bald Cypress, Southern Bald Cypress, Deciduous Cypress, Southern Cypress, Swamp Cypress, Red Cypress, White Cypress, Yellow Cypress, Gulf Cypress, Tidewater Red Cypress | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Teucrium canadense | American Germander, Canada Germander, Canadian Germander, Germander, Hairy Germander, Wood Sage | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Tillandsia recurvata | Small Ball Moss, Ball Moss | Perennial | Herb | ||
Toxicodendron radicans | Eastern Poison Ivy, Poison Ivy | Perennial | Shrub, Vine | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Tradescantia occidentalis | Prairie Spiderwort, Western Spiderwort, Spiderwort | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Tridens flavus | Purpletop Tridens, Redtop Tridens, Tall Redtop Tridens, Purpletop, Redtop, Tall Redtop | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Typha latifolia | Broadleaf Cattail, Common Cattail | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Wet |
Ulmus americana | American Elm, White Elm, Soft Elm, Water Elm, Common Elm | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Ulmus crassifolia | Cedar Elm, Fall Elm, Basket Elm, Scrub Elm, Lime Elm, Texas Elm, Southern Rock Elm, Olmo | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Ungnadia speciosa | Mexican Buckeye, Monilla | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Verbena xutha | Gulf Vervain | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Verbesina virginica | Frostweed, White Crownbeard, Iceplant, Iceweed, Virginia Crownbeard, Indian Tobacco, Richweed, Squawweed | Biennial, Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Viburnum rufidulum | Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum, Rusty Blackhaw, Southern Blackhaw, Blackhaw, Bluehaw, Downy Viburnum, Southern Nannyberry, Rusty Nannyberry, Nannyberry | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Vitis mustangensis | Mustang Grape | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Dry |
Yucca rupicola | Twistleaf Yucca, Twisted-leaf Yucca, Texas Yucca, Spanish Dagger | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |