Skunk Cabbage: The giant plant that's causing a stink

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If you go for a walk in the woods close to a stream in Spring there is a chance you will come across some mighty Yellow flowers growing up in a spike and giving off a strong odour like a skunk. This is the non native skunk cabbage which loves our wet woodlands.

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 Like many other invasive species, skunk cabbage is very successful at taking over where it grows and its huge leaves can smother out other plants growing on the woodland floor.

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from Surrey Wildlife Trust blogs http://www.surreywildlifetrust.org/blog/riversearch/2017/07/27/skunk-cabbage-giant-plant-thats-causing-stink