Skunk cabbage

Despite the crappy weather I got out briefly with my new camera today. There's an area on my way to work with a ton of skunk cabbage blooming that I've had my eyes on for the last week or so. It's really swampy and I didn't get far. I'll be back with either rubber boots or a full wetsuit, which would look ridiculous. The skunk cabbage stinks, my new camera (a used Canon 5D Mark II) doesn't. Manual focusing using live view is nice!

"Skunk Cabbage" is a member of the aroid family, and is native to the north eastern United States, and eastern Canada. It is one of the first of our native wildflowers to bloom in late winter and early spring, producing a curious hooded inflorescence, which is cryptically colored to blend in with the leaf litter. This species usually grows in wetlands under deciduous woods - the plants seen here growing in a soil with a high humus content - practically black muck. Like some other members of…

To counter the effect of this week’s nonstop reports about our planet hurtling toward its inevitable manmade doom, I’ve been heading back in time to see what we might learn from the age of dinosaurs. It doesn’t require Dr. Who’s TARDIS to get there or Doc Brown’s DeLorean to get back home. A hat, some rain boots, and my own two feet … Continue reading The Magic of Skunk Cabbage: A Plant for the Ages →

Lysichiton americanus

20 Seeds w/Instructions - seeds scarce This spectacular wildflower emerges from its winter hibernation before the snow is completely gone, appearin

20 Seeds w/Instructions - seeds scarce This spectacular wildflower emerges from its winter hibernation before the snow is completely gone, appearin

Photo about Bright yellow blossoms of Skunk Cabbage growing in a swampy marsh. Image of cabbage, yellow, british - 24188702

Whenever I go into the woods this time of year, I look for spring wildflowers to be in bloom. There are a large variety of plants that take advantage of the scanty leaf canopy of early spring to grow…

Send this Wildflower photo as a free Ecard, get a stunning gallery quality Skunk Cabbage print, or a tastefull recycled paper greeting card featuring this Wildflower photo. Wildflower photo from Quadra Island BC, Canada.

Have you ever eaten eastern skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)? I’ve always wanted to try it, and recently I finally did. Pictured above are the flowering structures of eastern skunk cabba…

Eastern Skunk Cabbage: A Heater For Bees! by Anita Deeley at BeverlyBees.com A native plant that creates its own heat, Eastern Skunk Cabbage provides pollen, shelter and warmth for foraging bees. Blooms: Feb-April Bee Forage: Pollen Pollen Color: Light Yellow Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus Foetidus) is a herbacceous perennial that flowers in late winter

Recently, someone posted on Foragers Unite (1) that they had eaten Skunk Cabbage; and I thought, ‘Ewe, for real?’ Then, laughed at myself, thinking, if only I had a nickel for every ti…

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Photos and description of Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) - Ontario Wildflowers

Skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foeditus) 4/15/12 Herrontown Woods

The delightfully named Skunk Cabbage brings a splash of vibrant spring colour to the Constable Burton Gardens near Leyburn. As the name suggests, they are definitely best viewed from a distance!

Western Skunk Cabbage

Skunk cabbage is a native plant, actually two native plants that grow in marshes, bogs and shallow streams. Both emit an odor that smells a lot like skunk giving them their name.

Skunk Cabbage