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Posts Tagged "Skunk Cabbage"

Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus

Posted on Apr 7, 2015

Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus

Although snow cover has been increasingly thinning over the past few weeks, this skunk cabbage plant (Symplocarpus foetidus) wasn’t about to wait any longer for the snow to thaw completely on its own. Similar to a bird or mammal, skunk cabbage is able to thermoregulate its internal temperatures regardless of the outside temperatures. Simply put, skunk cabbage is able to keep itself warm and keep from freezing under the snow. Some studies have shown that skunk cabbage can heat itself up to nearly 70°F, even when ambient temperatures are in the single digits! Due to this ability to heat...

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Winter Skunk Cabbage

Posted on Dec 28, 2014

Winter Skunk Cabbage

Slow down there, Skunk Cabbage! This was the scene on the forest floor yesterday. It’s not spring yet…and we will be snapped back to winter behind today’s cold front.

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