Symplocarpus foetidus

skunk cabbage

Photograph(s) by*: USFWS BES, RHW

Characteristics

Height: 1-3'
Flowers: Feb.-May; green to purple-brown

Conditions *

Light:
Moisture: Wet
Soil pH: 4-7
Soil type: Clay Loamy Sandy

Habitat

fresh tidal and nontidal marshes and shrub swamps, forested wetlands, seeps

Native to

Region: Coastal Piedmont Mountain *
States: MD

Wildlife

*

Notes

flower inconspicuous, emerges before leaves; sap has skunk-like odor

 Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/714.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004