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Skunk Cabbage

Symplocarpus foetidus

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Field Notes

Description:

There's a Swamp Thing in our brook! And it sure does smell too.

Habitat:

Woodlands/brook

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Comments (4)
Carol Snow Milne
They looked like colorful worms. Pretty weird! This is the first time I have seen their roots like this too. WILD!
Latimeria
That's pretty wild, I haven't seen the roots like that before.
KarenL
What do you expect - it's named after two of the nastiest smelling things!

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Plants of Ecuador
Photographed
PublishedFebruary 23, 2012

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