Wm.sonApr 28

#BackyardHorticulture #Wetlands #SkunkCabbage
We have a nice wetland-ish area towards the back of our property. Every spring, this shoots up, within just a few days. I noticed a red tailed hawk fly up from the little stream that flows through this area. I'll guess it was hunting critters, but I haven't heard the spring peepers yet.

I'm all the gloom and chaos, I have to remind myself how unbelievably lucky I am to live in New England, in a still rural area. I get to come outside and breathe the air, even if it's faint with a skunky smell, and hear and see the birds.

Wikipedia:

Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly known as skunk cabbage or eastern skunk cabbage (also swamp cabbage, clumpfoot cabbage, or meadow cabbage, fetid pothos or polecat weed), is a low-growing plant that grows in wetlands and moist hill slopes of eastern North America. Bruised leaves present an odor reminiscent of skunk.

Michèle DelisleApr 12

#SilentSunday 🌺🦨

#photography #naturePhotography #spring #skunkCabbage

KhΓΌrt WilliamsMar 24

A walk near the Lake Carnegie Dam

A slow walk south along the D&R Canal towpath to Lake Carnegie Dam

https://islandinthenet.com/a-walk-near-the-lake-carnegie-dam/

Ryan HodnettMar 17

Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)

#SkunkCabbage #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Plant #Plants #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

Druid 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Mar 14
#SkunkCabbage!
nathanlovestreesFeb 28

the only triune god I acknowledge

#skunkcabbage

Show threadnathanlovestreesFeb 26

the earth thinks in skunk cabbages

#skunkcabbage #mosstodon

nathanlovestreesFeb 24

she has returned

#birding #skunkcabbage

StarFlowerStudioNYFeb 23
In February and March Skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) flowers volatilize the air around them to melt the snow and attract their pollinators which are flies.
This year with heavy snow pack, the only ones I am able to see to photograph are in areas with a bit of running water. The rest are buried under 2'+ of snow.

#symplocarpusfoetidus #symplocarpus #skunkcabbage
IcarosityFeb 23
I went to the woods yesterday to look for skunk cabbage sticking up through the old snow. It looks like something from goblin world but it’s our earliest native wildflower. Science says it generates enough heat to melt its way up through snow and with its skunk scent lure tiny flies into the warm purple spathe to pollinate its small flowers. Later in the season it’s unrecognizable, just broad green cabbage leaves along streams in damp woods. #nature #SignsOfSpring #SkunkCabbage #plants