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Lysichiton americanus, the Glossary

Lysichiton americanus, also called western skunk cabbage (US), 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.^[1]

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Orontioideae
Taxa named by Harold St. John

Alaska

Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.

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American black bear

The American black bear (Ursus americanus), also known as the black bear, is a species of medium-sized bear endemic to North America.

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Araceae

The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix.

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Bear

Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae.

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Beetle

Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Holometabola.

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Bract

In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture (commonly as Burke Museum) is a natural history museum on the campus of the University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington, United States.

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Calcium oxalate

Calcium oxalate (in archaic terminology, oxalate of lime) is a calcium salt of oxalic acid with the chemical formula or.

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Calla

Calla is a genus of flowering plant in the family Araceae, containing the single species Calla palustris (bog arum, marsh calla, wild calla, squaw claw, and water-arumDickinson, T.; Metsger, D.; Bull, J.; & Dickinson, R. (2004) ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario. Toronto:Royal Ontario Museum, p.

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Cathartic

In medicine, a cathartic is a substance that accelerates defecation.

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Cook Inlet

Cook Inlet (Tikahtnu; Sugpiaq: Cungaaciq) stretches from the Gulf of Alaska to Anchorage in south-central Alaska.

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Dermatophytosis

Dermatophytosis, also known as tinea and ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin (a dermatomycosis), that may affect skin, hair, and nails.

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Eric Hultén

Oskar Eric Gunnar Hultén (18 March 1894 – 1 February 1981) was a Swedish botanist, plant geographer and 20th century explorer of The Arctic.

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Escaped plant

An escaped plant is a cultivated plant that has escaped from agriculture, forestry or garden cultivation and has become naturalized in the wild.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Flower

A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae).

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Fly

Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wing".

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Globe Pequot Press

Globe Pequot is a book publisher and distributor of outdoor recreation and leisure titles that publishes 500 new titles.

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Great Britain

Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.

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Hampshire

Hampshire (abbreviated to Hants.) is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Harold St. John

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Idaho

Idaho is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Invasive species

An invasive species is an introduced species that harms its new environment.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Kodiak Island

Kodiak Island (Qikertaq, Кадьяк) is a large island on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, separated from the Alaska mainland by the Shelikof Strait.

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Laxative

Laxatives, purgatives, or aperients are substances that loosen stools and increase bowel movements.

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Leaf

A leaf (leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis.

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Lysichiton

Lysichiton is a genus in the family Araceae. Lysichiton americanus and Lysichiton are Orontioideae.

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Lysichiton camtschatcensis

Lysichiton camtschatcensis, common name Asian skunk cabbage, white skunk cabbage, Far Eastern swamp lantern or Japanese swamp lantern, is a plant found in swamps and wet woods, along streams and in other wet areas of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin and northern Japan. Lysichiton americanus and Lysichiton camtschatcensis are Orontioideae.

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Montana

Montana is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Mule deer

The mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) is a deer indigenous to western North America; it is named for its ears, which are large like those of the mule.

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Northern California

Northern California (commonly shortened to NorCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, spanning the northernmost 48 of the state's 58 counties.

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Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest (PNW), sometimes referred to as Cascadia, is a geographic region in Western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east.

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Rhizome

In botany and dendrology, a rhizome is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow horizontally. The rhizome also retains the ability to allow new shoots to grow upwards.

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RHS Garden Wisley

RHS Garden Wisley is a garden run by the Royal Horticultural Society in Wisley, Surrey, south of London.

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Royal Horticultural Society

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity.

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Santa Cruz County, California

Santa Cruz County, officially the County of Santa Cruz, is a county on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California.

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Skunk

Skunks are mammals in the family Mephitidae.

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Spadix (botany)

In botany, a spadix (spadices) is a type of inflorescence having small flowers borne on a fleshy stem.

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Surrey

Surrey is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Symplocarpus

Symplocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to United States, Canada and eastern Asia. Lysichiton americanus and Symplocarpus are Orontioideae.

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Symplocarpus foetidus

Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly known as skunk cabbage or eastern skunk cabbage (also swamp cabbage, clumpfoot cabbage, or meadow cabbage, foetid pothos or polecat weed), is a low-growing plant that grows in wetlands and moist hill slopes of eastern North America. Lysichiton americanus and Symplocarpus foetidus are Orontioideae.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United States Department of Agriculture

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an executive department of the United States federal government that aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes agricultural trade and production, works to assure food safety, protects natural resources, fosters rural communities and works to end hunger in the United States and internationally.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysichiton_americanus

Also known as American Skunk-cabbage, American skunkcabbage, Lysichiton americanum, Lysichitum americanum, Swamp lantern, Yellow skunk cabbage.

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Lysichiton americanus, the Glossary

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Orontioideae

Taxa named by Harold St. John

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