What kind if plant is this??

[burmjohn]

What is this??

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[G-Man]

Looks like skunk cabbage to me

[fasteddie]

This is what skunk cabbage looks like

 

[PREDATE]

Those are Lady Slippers. 

 Deer eat them too.

Edited May 3, 2014 by PREDATE

[adkbuck]

Lady Slippers.

Edited May 3, 2014 by adkbuck

[oneidacountyhunter]

I ran across some of those opening day of turkey. Was curious myself. Maybe a good spot for deer setup, huh

Thanks

[noahmstone]

I have to agree it looks like skunk cabbage. It grows in wet areas I see it all the time when picking leeks.

[Daveboone]

I find it in damp areas frequently also, but have never seen any indication of deer eating them.

I hate to disagree with both suggestions, but they definely are not Lady Slippers (google for a comparison) and they don't match up with Skunk Cabbage either. I watch them from sprout up through frost kill, and I have never seen any purple on them. Darnd if I can figure them out. I wonder if they are an invasive species, usually finding them near old homestead sites.

[PREDATE]

 

It's a lady slipper. There are many varieties. It's the state flower(orchid) of Minnesota. The link below(where the photo came from) states that they tend to grow very slowly and they could take up to 16 years to flower.

http://atoztheusa.blogspot.com/2013/02/minnesota-state-flower.html

[Cabin Fever]

It's skunk cabbage.

 

[ididnotvoteforobama]

I have always known it as Skunk cabbage, although the leaves look like Lady Slipper , I have never seen  any flowers at all throughout  the year. Deer do not use this as a food source, that I know of. My creek beds are full of this and no animal touches it.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Braking the leave and crushing it will tell if it is skunk cabbage or not...lol. Make sure you rub it all over your hands really well so you can get a good wiff.

[PREDATE]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypripedium_reginae

 

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Habitat[edit]

Cypripedium reginae grows in calcareous wet lands, open wooded swamps, with tamarack and black spruce.^[4] Contrary to many garden tips, C. reginae thrives in neutral to basic soils and prefers growing in fens. Despite growing in mildly acidic environments, its roots can penetrate the mossy layers down to more neutral water sources. It forms clumps by branching of the underground rhizomes. It forms aerial roots in the swampy bog conditions. It is eaten by white-tailed deer.^[5]

Cypripedium reginae can be found in Canada from Saskatchewan east to Atlantic Canada, and the eastern United States south to Arkansas and Tennessee.

[Cabin Fever]

Culvercreek hunt club, on 05 May 2014 - 09:03 AM, said:

Braking the leave and crushing it will tell if it is skunk cabbage or not...lol. Make sure you rub it all over your hands really well so you can get a good wiff.

Makes a GREAT cover scent too!! Just rub it all over your clothes!!

[turkeyfeathers]

Makes a GREAT cover scent too!! Just rub it all over your clothes!!

Great idea. I usually sit in a leek patch so the turkeys can't wind me 

[burmjohn]

Still not 100% sure what it is, next time I'll break off a piece.

[ants]

I think its  Lady slipper. A spot where  I use to turkey hunt was covered with them, in the spring time.….Could be wrong, but i remember an old timer pointing them out to me ,years ago, and calling them "lady slippers" Some bloom and some don't.

 

 

 

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[burmjohn]

I think its  Lady slipper. A spot where  I use to turkey hunt was covered with them, in the spring time.….Could be wrong, but i remember an old timer pointing them out to me ,years ago, and calling them "lady slippers" Some bloom and some don't.

 

 

 

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I'm leaning towards that based on the pictures I have seen.

[jjb4900]

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Catskill-Native-Plant-Society/166048230216799

 

could they be "ramp"? if you check out this Facebook page and scroll up there's a photo that looks similar to what you posted....also called wild leek.

[ringwood]

False hellebore. Veratrum viride. It is poisonous so deer and other herbivores don't eat it. Showy ladies slipper orchid does look similar but is rare and restricted only to fens.

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[moog5050]

We have lots of skunk cabbage in the marsh we hunt.  The leaves are thicker and more rounded. I don't think that is skunk cabbage.  Good news is that it dies out by deer season for the most part.

[Daveboone]

after looking online myself to compare, I agree with False Hellbore.Having seen it in bloom a number of times it matches up perfectly- note, there is a western and eastern variety, each having distinctly different terrain needs.

Not long ago, on an aside, I found a patch of pitcher plants growing in with skunk cabbage. Pretty cool.

[sits in trees]

Swamp greens, deer dont eat them.

[PREDATE]

Yep, false hellbore. I just noticed it's also the screen saver on my laptop.

 

The lady slippers that I originally thought this was is what is eaten by deer

[hunter49]

   Skunk cabbage has more of a purple,  bulbous/leaf in early spring &, bares a yellow flower.  google it.