Country: USA
State/District: MD
County: Montgomery
Date:

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location:
Keywords: A Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park COCNHP green flower
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Figures 1–5. Symplocarpos foetidus (Skunk Cabbage, Araceae).



Figure 6–10. Symplocarpos foetidus (Skunk Cabbage, Araceae).

On 13 March 2005, I decided to visit the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, about 10 miles north of Washington, D.C. to look for flowers of Symplocarpos foetidus (Skunk Cabbage, Araceae) and other life of late winter. It was a still, cool day of about 50° F, and I welcomed periods of direct sun. I found Symplocarpos foetidus growing in and along a stream of about 12 inches wide in many areas. Some of the tops of spathes and some leaves were frost burned. The Potomac River was blue-green and at a medium level.

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(E. M. Barrows 20 March 2005)

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