Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly known as skunk cabbage [5] or eastern skunk cabbage (also swamp cabbage, clumpfoot cabbage, or meadow cabbage, foetid pothos or polecat weed), is a low-growing plant that grows in wetlands and moist hill slopes of eastern North America.

Skunk Cabbage is a perennial herb in the Araceae family with large, heart shaped foliage. Its name originates from its appearance, Symplocarpus translating to 'connected fruits', while foetidus refers to the plant's unpleasant odor.

Eastern skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), in the Araceae (Arum) family, is the first plant to emerge in spring, often melting the surrounding ice and snow. Its flowers have the remarkable capacity to produce metabolic heat on average 20 degrees Celsius above ambient temperature, day or night, over a 12-14 day period.

Skunk cabbages can be found throughout eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, west to Minnesota and southeast to Tennessee and North Carolina. A similar plant, the western skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanus) is found in California, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, and British Columbia.

2021年7月6日 · You may find two common types: Eastern skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), which is purple, and Western skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanus), which is yellow. Skunk cabbage gets its name from the fact that, when the leaves are crushed or bruised, it gives off a smell of skunk or rotting meat.

Skunk cabbage is an early-blooming plant native to the forests, woodlands and swamps of the eastern United States. Skunk cabbage emerges from a streambank at Adkins Arboretum in Ridgely, Md., on March 13, 2016. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program) Native. 1 …

2014年4月15日 · Eastern skunk cabbage is a low growing and soft bodied perennial herb that you can find around low lying streams and wetlands. It is in the Araceae family, along with lilies and the familiar Jack-in-the-pulpit (when you see the flower, you'll know why).

Eastern skunk cabbage is a perennial herb that has contractile roots that contract growing down into the soil. These roots pull the stems of Eastern skunk cabbage deeper into the wet mucky substrates found in wet forests, swamps and along streams. Eventually the …

One of the first native first native plants to bloom in early spring in the upper Midwest is Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly called skunk cabbage, swamp cabbage or other names referring to the shape of the large leaves or it’s smell.

Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly known as skunk cabbage [5] or eastern skunk cabbage (also swamp cabbage, clumpfoot cabbage, or meadow cabbage, foetid pothos or polecat weed), is a low-growing plant that grows in wetlands and moist hill slopes of eastern North America.