Question: Here is a plant...growing on a slope going down to a stream, pushing up through some brush that had been …
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Question
Here is a plant...growing on a slope going down to a stream, pushing up through some brush that had been piled on there. Wayland, MA. Thanks for your help.
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Sheila, I don't know what species this is--it is clearly not growing as vigorous as it would like. The venation and color suggest it could be a small Symplocarpus foetidus (skunk-cabbage). Have you smelled the odor of the plant? If you bruise the leaf and get a fetid odor, it may be that native species of the arum family.
