My skunk cabbages, Symplocarpus foetidus, are beginning to bloom! This is always a promising first sign of spring, along with the uplifting and incessant bird calls.
The unusual looking buds usually appear before the vernal equinox, and often long before the snow melts. The lush green leaves appear after it has finished flowering.
It's a plant of low-lying, wet, marshy areas, and has become endangered in places that are being drained and cleared for human habitation.
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