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mtbtom
April 10th, 2008, 12:11 PM
Is there a botanist in the house ? It was growing off to the side of the trail in Great Brook.
http://cruz.media.mit.edu/i.nsf/DSCN3874.JPG
YakFish
April 10th, 2008, 12:27 PM
That would be skunk cabbage - very common wetland plant - I'm sure you would recognize it when the leaves get bigger and more noticeable.
AA
April 10th, 2008, 12:29 PM
YakFish for the win.... wait till it gets bigger then step in it, wou will find out why they call it "skunk cabage"
mtbtom
April 10th, 2008, 01:44 PM
It's pretty common then... I had no idea they flowered like that.
leebo
April 10th, 2008, 01:47 PM
The center part of the flower smells rotten and the flies then pollenate the plant. It blooms too early for the butterflies to do the job. It is one of the first spring plants to bloom, sometimes coming up through the snow. It grows in the swampy areas.
MtnBkr
April 10th, 2008, 07:02 PM
thats looks creepy haha
catbbq
April 11th, 2008, 06:59 AM
I think my barber has one of those in his shop.
NembaHobbit
April 16th, 2008, 07:44 PM
My Mom always said that skunk cabbages are the first sign of spring ;-)