With the weather getting warmer, I wanted to head over to one of my favorite trails and check out the skunk cabbage. I rode my bicycle to the start of the trail and walked over a short distance to a marshy beaver pond type area.
There the first of the skunk cabbage plants were starting to come up. Not too many were flowering yet but I got a couple of pictures. They are hard to get close to because the trail doesn’t go through the wet marshy area.
You can kind of see the type of terrain I had to get through from this photo of moss on tree branches:
Moss on branches, wide angle – click for viewing full screen
Below is a close-up of the moss that I adjusted the background blur up on. There is moss growing all over the place around here. Lots of trees have special defenses to keep the moss from taking them over and pulling them down.
Moss on branches, close-up – click for viewing full screen
Below is a close-up of the skunk cabbage flower. I had to get my feet wet to take this picture. There weren’t that many blooming today but I’m sure in a few weeks they will be all over the place up here.
Young skunk cabbage flower – click for viewing full screen
Here’s a wide angle view of the whole plant:
Wide angle of skunk cabbage – click for viewing full screen
Skunk cabbages smell kind of funny. They attract certain types of insects for pollination with the oder. Later in the season the leaves will get really big, perhaps as large and a foot by three feet. I’ve always liked them, they look colorful in the swamp.
Here’s a picture of an old stump:
Old Stump – click for viewing full screen
There are a lot of old stumps around here. Some of these trees must have been very old when they were cut down. You can see the notches that they made in the tree to support a platform that they used when cutting it down. Down slope from the stump if you look carefully you might be able to see a few skunk cabbages growing. (They are small and hard to spot in this photo unless you know what to look for)
Thanks for reading! I always value your support and comments. The pictures were taken by me with my Galaxy S9+ on March 21, 2018
@lightsplasher, Awesome. Greatest photo shots you've taken from near by nature with your walking. Best #walkwithme providing. Yep...nature has amazing place to see and capture. Beautiful & young skunk cabbage flower catch by you very closely. Sure...it like as beauty & young lady.. :D Thanks for inspiration and absolutely brilliant post introduced.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the photo's and writing.
Awesome photography.....i always like your photography........Cabbage is the most essential vegetable.....i love cabbage.....upvote done @lightsplasher
Actually, I'm not sure if Skunk Cabbage is edible, I have not tried it. The leaves and flowers smell a bit odd.
This forest looks like a fairytale forest. Soon the seven dwarfs of Snow White will arrive. I am always fascinated by the beautiful pictures nature paints us when we let them grow in peace and quiet. I used to try to grow this plant in our garden. Unfortunately, we never had much luck with it. Thank you for sharing your article with us.
Sunny greetings from the Caribbean. mikeCee
Nice flower bush. I can't imagine trying to grow Skunk Cabbage in your garden but I guess if you had a lot of water there all the time it might work.
although you take this photo remotely, but this photo looks very beautiful and very perfect.
thank you for sharing this morning @lightsplasher.
So pleasure travel in the junggle with various of trees, enjoy its brother @lightsplasher, i like it and have upvote and resteem your post to more than 1500 my follower, thanks for your sharing and thanks for your support to me, success always for you
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Wooow thats great and awesome photography you captured it perfectly by your walk nature is so nice and beautiful and you very beautifully capture it thanks for sharing
wow...this very beautiful photograph,
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wonderful photography....I like it....thank for sharing this smartphone photography..
I love that moss in on the tree branch.
Here the skunk cabbage always seems to favor the swampy wet ground as well. That phone does a nice job!
the photos are very nice.
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an unspoiled place, have a good day @lightsplasher
Wow that is great panorama. I like it.
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Wow so beautiful photography and great work
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photography is a good friend
very nice and interesting trips my friend also likes to travel to the mountains or other attractions ...
Thanks you my friend
wow, using the Galaxy S9 + camera produces very nice and beautiful pictures of friends. this is a very nice and cool work, I really like and appreciate your work. @lightsplaser.
Walk with me a beautiful and knowledgeable can be for the scenery or also for the place to learn about the natural sciences.
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wow very nice photography..
Looks like the forest ta @lightsplasher,
A very natural view of my dear @lightsplasher.
The mossy tree depicts the air there very cool and fresh.
And the skunk is very beautiful that smells not beautiful. .😁😁😁
very beautiful breathtaking natural panorama. photography in walkwithme.
take photos, on the mossy road.
very extreme I like it.
This beautiful flower is like a charming girl 😁
You are great, indeed photography
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Wonderful photography, thanks for sharing, Upvoted & resteemed. @lightsplasher
*** incredible view I really like mekihat mossy tree like that ***
the incredible landscape of the mossy trees is amazing
Good photography
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Never saw a skunk cabbage flower before, I know something similar but on red... is it the same flower @lightsplasher?
the cabbage photo is so beautiful, it's very hot now, the scenery is beautiful photo teacher loved reading the teacher's posts
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@lightsplasher you are a generous .. cabbage photo is so beautiful, it is very hot weather now, beautiful scenery photo teacher happy to read my friend post, never get bored bored with my comment
I see the condition of moss in your place is almost the same as that in the forest of Indonesia. I see you take this moss picture very well
Very beautiful @lightsplasher, the skunk's flower is very unique with its aroma that can make interested insects pdahal it's a trap for him... Amazing
steady photo of her friend I really like the beauty of nature
his cabbage flowers are very beautiful. I saw it for the first time
a very good story I really like this post
Moss is such a funny thing. While it has such an airy beauty to it, it has such a progressive destructive element to it.
Destruction was never so beautiful though.
I see how well that new phone is working. It may be time to get serious about trading up. Even though I have the Galaxy 7 - this one is far and above what mine can do!
I haven't thought about skunk cabbage in years. Growing up in Connecticut, we had swampy land not too far from the house and we used to tramp through the swamp looking for pollywog eggs and turtles. Oh, what a childhood! I loved it! The skunk cabbage was part of the landscape and I swear that odd smell sort of smelled like the odor of what a skunk smelled like when it came for a visit to your house. You could always tell when one was there. It left their calling card behind. :)
Thank you or the beauty of your walk on this day. I appreciate the artistry of the moss. Happy Thursday! The weekend is almost upon us!
good post and photo
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It seems that the moss contained in this tree is a long one, brother @lightsplasher.
Beautifull place wish i can go there