THE SKUNK CABBAGE is a swamp-dwelling harbinger of spring. Named for its distinctive aroma, the skunk cabbage can produce knee-high yellow flowers surrounded by a pallet of watermelon-sized green ...

While spring still feels like a ways away, a sign of warmer weather is coming in the form of a stinky wildflower.Skunk cabbage, a native wildflower, is now blooming, with some being spotted in ...

IT’S SPRINGTIME IN the lowlands. You can tell because folks are back to cussing the rain instead of the snow. It’s been said the Eskimos have 50 different words for snow. Fishing guides have at least ...

I love the smell of skunk in early spring. That sulfur smell tells me that the snow is melting, the sun is rising higher into the sky, and soon a carpet of wildflowers will paint the forest floor in ...

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For those slogging through one of the harshest winters in recent memory, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. The first wildflower of the year is already blooming — even if it is still covered in ...

(WJW) – Spring is in the air — and it stinks! The Ohio Department of Natural Resources recently shared on social media that, Skunk Cabbage, the state’s first wildflower to bloom each spring has ...

For us, March 20 marks the vernal equinox and the first day of spring. Other animals and plants pay no heed to the celebrated celestial event. Signs of spring in the natural world are evident far in ...

When you hear the name, skunk cabbage, you instinctively wrinkle your nose, thinking it smells bad. You’re so right. This first flowering plant of spring doesn’t exactly smell good. “The flowers of ...