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Lysichiton

Lysichiton is a genus in the family Araceae. These plants are known commonly as skunk cabbage or less often as swamp lantern. The spelling Lysichitum is also found. The genus has two species, one found in north-east Asia, the other in north-west America.

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Trending: western skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanus) — 136 observations this week

Skunk cabbage is one of the first wildflowers to appear each spring in Pacific Northwest wetlands and stream corridors —...

western skunk cabbage phenology / citizen-science

Trending: western skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanus) — 138 observations this week

Western skunk cabbage is a key early-spring indicator species — if you walk near wetlands or stream banks in the Pacific...

western skunk cabbage phenology / citizen-science

Trending: western skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanus) — 128 observations this week

Western skunk cabbage is one of the first plants to emerge each spring — often pushing through snow — so tracking its bloom...

western skunk cabbage phenology / citizen-science

Trending: western skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanus) — 112 observations this week

Skunk cabbage is one of the first plants to bloom each spring, and tracking when and where people are spotting it helps...

western skunk cabbage phenology / urban-ecology

western skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanus) observed in Juanita Dr NE, Kenmore, WA, US

Tracking where native wetland plants like skunk cabbage are thriving helps communities identify healthy, functioning wetland...

western skunk cabbage urban-ecology / phenology