Here, seemingly trying to catch yesterday’s big raindrops, is the eastern skunk cabbage that we’ve been monitoring for many years.
Curiously, the plant (Symplocarpus foetidus) looks both primeval and futuristic now in its bog. But, it will be leafing out in a day or so and its vernal pool likely will be virtually dry and full of ferns by June. (Image taken in Brooklin, Maine, on April 8, 2022.)