It’s finally beginning to feel like spring is around the corner at Audubon Community Nature Center. Plants are beginning to ...

A group of skunk cabbage flowers. It’s finally beginning to feel like spring is around the corner at Audubon Community Nature Center. Plants are beginning to sprout, animals are waking from ...

Inside the factory, it's not all skunk. There's the earthy smell of plants growing and botanical notes of citrus and lavender ...

The groundhogs have had their say, now it's time for the skunks. Skunk cabbages, that is. Another sign of spring in Ohio has ...

A skunk cabbage bloom was found at Eagle Creek ... While Valley residents may notice the first sprouting greens of spring flowers such as daffodils or crocuses, this thermogenic flower is already ...

Skunk cabbage "is the first native wildflower to bloom in spring, often when snow and ice are still present," according to ODNR's website. They flower first, producing enough heat to melt any ...

With an off-putting scent and maroon flower buds that blend in with fall’s leaf litter, skunk cabbage is not on the radar of many Minnesota hikers. The plant blooms early and looks bizarre ...

Its flowers emerge in late winter. So late, in fact, if you blink you might miss them, sort of like morel mushrooms. They pop up and then are gone. The common name for this plant is “skunk ...