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    (c) judith holm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    (c) Johnny Wilson, all rights reserved

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    (c) Barbara L. Wilson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) emrenpen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Rand Workman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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    (c) Dee Warenycia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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western skunk cabbage

Lysichiton americanus

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Lysichiton americanus, also called western skunk cabbage (USA), yellow skunk cabbage (UK), American skunk-cabbage (Britain and Ireland) or swamp lantern, is a plant found in swamps and wet woods, along streams and in other wet areas of the Pacific Northwest, where it is one of the few native species in the arum family. The plant is called skunk cabbage because of the distinctive "skunky" odor that it emits when it blooms. This odor will permeate the...

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