Early Spring in the woodlands a brave young plant, called Skunk Cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus, is poking through the frozen ground looking for the sunshine. Named for a skunk like odor it gives off, ...

March Madness is the frenzied “madness” of athletic exuberance as different teams from across the country compete in a clash of collegiate contenders to see who will be crowned as champion. There are ...

Spring is nearly here and with it comes an array of wildflowers so sweet that our winter blues melt away. We look forward to a rainbow of hues bursting from the ground, a magical show that the woods ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wild and wacky best describes our current weather pattern. This is no surprise, for March typically displays swings, sometimes severe, from mild and warm to snowy and stormy. On March 4 I drove to the ...

The cold winter temperatures may make it seem like spring is a long way off, but before we know it, spring will arrive, bringing warmer temperatures and spring-blooming plants. When we think about ...

I’ve given up on winter. It seems that nature around me has, too. This past rainy weekend, I ventured into a nearby marsh, wading through knee-high mud under cold, glowering skies that hinted of ...

Well before the last snowdrifts have receded, a mysterious plant is already emerging from its winter slumber. Skunk cabbage is a funky-looking, flowering wild perennial plant that is among the first ...

3) Skunk cabbages produce large amounts of heat through a form of respiration. This leads to a phenomenon I recall from my youth: the skunk cabbage spathes melt their way through the snow and are ...