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Symplocarpus foetidus
skunk cabbage
Shenandoah National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Rare

Scientific Name with Authority:		Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		skunk cabbage
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Alismatales, Family Araceae, Genus Symplocarpus, Species Symplocarpus foetidus


Park Tags:
Habitat - Wetland
Life Form - Herb


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		VA: S5
Evidence:		0 Observations, 2 Vouchers, 6 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Catoctin Mountain Park	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Eisenhower National Historic Site
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site	Fire Island National Seashore
First State National Historical Park	Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Friendship Hill National Historic Site
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gettysburg National Military Park
Greenbelt Park	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Indiana Dunes National Park	Isle Royale National Park
Johnstown Flood National Memorial	Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Minute Man National Historical Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Monocacy National Battlefield	Morristown National Historical Park
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Oxon Run National Parkway
Prince William Forest Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Saratoga National Historical Park	Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site	Weir Farm National Historical Park
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts


Last Modified Date:	6/1/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 12/7/2025 1:10:06 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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