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Eastern Skunk Cabbage

Symplocarpus foetidus

Eastern Skunk Cabbage is a unique plant that grows in wet areas. It has big, green leaves and a funny smell that helps attract bugs for pollination.

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Eastern Skunk Cabbage has a unique, hood-like purple-brown spathe, often mottled with green, that emerges directly from the ground. Its large, bright green, hosta-like leaves unfurl much later, forming a broad, lush clump.

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Eastern Skunk Cabbage
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Eastern Skunk Cabbage

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Rareza

Common

Peligro

2/5 · Bajo

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Its enormous, heart-shaped leaves can grow up to two feet long and wide in summer!

Its unique odor smells like rotting meat to attract hungry flies for pollination!

The first part to appear is a colorful, hooded bloom, even before any leaves pop out.

This plant can live for many decades, growing in the same wet spot year after year.

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Natural Heater

Eastern Skunk Cabbage can generate its own heat, melting snow and ice around it to emerge earlier than almost any other plant.

Habilidad

Stinky Signal

Eastern Skunk Cabbage has a strong, skunky smell that attracts early-season insects like flies to pollinate its hidden flowers.

Habilidad

Self-Digging Roots

Eastern Skunk Cabbage has contractile roots that pull the plant deeper into the mud over time, anchoring it securely.

Medidas y detalles

Altura
10-60 cm
Extensión
30-90 cm
Tamaño de la flor
10-20 cm
Temporada de floración
Late winter to early spring
Comestible
No
Toxicidad
Moderada
Ciclo de vida
Perenne
Método de polinización
Insectos

Conexiones ecológicas

eaten by

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Deer browse on its large leaves.

eaten by

American Black Bear

Ursus americanus

Bears sometimes consume its leaves.

pollinates

Blue Bottle Fly

Calliphora vomitoria

Flies are drawn to its warm, stinky flowers.

pollinates

American Carrion Beetle

Necrophila americana

Beetles are attracted by its strong odor.

Rasgos

También conocido como

Skunk Cabbage

Colecciones

Seguridad

Peligro

2/5 · Bajo

Do not touch or eat any plants without asking an adult first.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el altura de Eastern Skunk Cabbage?

10-60 cm

¿Cuál es el extensión de Eastern Skunk Cabbage?

30-90 cm

¿Cuál es el tamaño de la flor de Eastern Skunk Cabbage?

10-20 cm

¿Cuál es el temporada de floración de Eastern Skunk Cabbage?

Late winter to early spring

¿Cuál es el comestible de Eastern Skunk Cabbage?

No

¿Cuál es el toxicidad de Eastern Skunk Cabbage?

Moderada

¿Cuál es el ciclo de vida de Eastern Skunk Cabbage?

Perenne

¿Cuál es el método de polinización de Eastern Skunk Cabbage?

Insectos

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