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The Skunk Cabbage Walk is the first event every year at the Bog.
Click on a link below to see pictures and information from each Skunk Cabbage Walk at the bog.
Skunk Cabbage is the first flower to bloom in Ohio and Cedar Bog is one of the best places to see Skunk Cabbage. Skunk Cabbage is the only plant the burns both carbohydrate and fat for energy. This allows Skunk Cabbage to produce temperatures up to 60 degrees and melt the snow to be the first spring bloomer. Skunk cabbage is named for the rotten odor that it produces to attract wasps for pollination.
There are always more things to see in the bog than you ever realize even in February. So other plants and things seen in the bog during Skunk Cabbage walks include:
- Red Cup Fungus
- the first Marsh Marigolds budding and ready to pop
- Water Cress
- Mosses, like Pin Cushion Moss
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- Other Fungi
- seeds to be found and discussed
- animal prints.
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 Skunk Cabbage in bloom. |  Red Cup Fungus |
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