#SkunkCabbage!

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

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

The first swamp lantern, aka skunk cabbage, I've seen this season.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleParks #SeattleSpring #CowenPark #BloomScrolling #NativePlantsOfThePNW #NativePlants #SwampLantern #SkunkCabbage

Skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
Driftless Area, Sauk County, WI, USA
#skunkcabbage #swamp #marsh #wildflower #nature #naturephotography
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Cinnamon Fern (Osmundastrum cinnamomeum) emerges through Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) in a trail section I call "Mosquito Alley."

#Ferns #skunkcabbage #cinnamonfern