On our quad ride Saturday Wayne and I saw one of my favourite signs of spring weather, the bright yellow lantern shaped flowers of the Skunk Cabbage. All around Powell River in swampy and boggy areas you will find it growing. For such an ugly name, it is a beautiful plant - at least I think so.
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Western Skunk Cabbage is an early signal that spring weather is on the way. It's bright yellow flower can be found in wet woodlands and bogs from Kodiak, Alaska, to Northern California, and as far east as Wyoming. Oddly, it can also be found in England and Scotland.
Western Skunk Cabbage (
Lysichiton americanus) is also called Swamp Lantern, an apt name because of the shape and bright glow of its large hooded flower. The common name comes from the bad odour that the flower emits. It sounds strange, but the smell is what attracts its pollinators, flies and beetles. Bears and deer eat them despite their stron smell.
In Powell River, you can easily find them at the entrance to the Switchback Trail across from the Shinglemill. Happy flower hunting! -- Margy
On our quad ride Saturday Wayne and I saw one of my favourite signs of spring weather, the bright yellow lantern shaped flowers of the Skunk Cabbage. All around Powell River in swampy and boggy areas you will find it growing. For such an ugly name, it is a beautiful plant - at least I think so.
The Western Skunk Cabbage is an early signal that spring weather is on the way. It's bright yellow flower can be found in wet woodlands and bogs from Kodiak, Alaska, to Northern California, and as far east as Wyoming. Oddly, it can also be found in England and Scotland.
Western Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton americanus) is also called Swamp Lantern, an apt name because of the shape and bright glow of its large hooded flower. The common name comes from the bad odour that the flower emits. It sounds strange, but the smell is what attracts its pollinators, flies and beetles. Bears and deer eat them despite their stron smell.
In Powell River, you can easily find them at the entrance to the Switchback Trail across from the Shinglemill. Happy flower hunting! -- Margy
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