Question: Hi looking to see what a couple plants which I thin is Eastern Skunk Cabbage, ferns and moss. One area …
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Hi looking to see what a couple plants which I thin is Eastern Skunk Cabbage, ferns and moss. One area was like a hard black moss like area or maybe tree roots? It's a small forested wetland. One area I found something growing very small curled buds and was wondering if it was skunk cabbage too. It's so warm that I believe it's confused! :) Thanks!
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Dear maddymcdonald5, I will try to provide some idea of what you are seeing (though I don't know the area these images were taken from). The first is a bryophyte with a sedge (genus Carex) growing out of it. The second is a fern, likely in the genus Dryopteris (perhaps Dryopteris intermedia, evergreen wood fern), the third does look like it may be the bud of Symplocarpus foetidus (skunk-cabbage). You could smell the bud to confirm this (it will have a foul odor, especially if bruised slightly). The fourth and fifth images are not clear enough for me to offer any help (I'm sorry).
