Native Plant of the Month

Skunk Cabbage

Symplocarpus foetidus

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Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) is already poking above the ground and is about to bloom in our wetlands and bogs. It is usually the first plant to flower every year. It's scientific name is very fitting, translating to "fetid or stinking compound fruit." Read more.