Eastern "Skunk Cabbage" Symplocarpus foetidus emerging in springtime
Eastern Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus emerging in springtime. A characteristic wetland plant skunk cabbage has the adaptation of thermogenesis it produces heat from excess cellular respiration in order to melt snow and ice allowing it to grow and flower early in the spring
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Photo credit: © Martin Shields / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: adaptation, angiosperm, araceae, cabbage, early, eastern, ecosystem, emergent, emerging, flora, foetidus, growth, habitat, leaves, plant, skunk, spring, springtime, stream, swamp, symplocarpus, thermogenesis, wet, wetland
