Spring is nearly here and with it comes an array of wildflowers so sweet that our winter blues melt away. We look forward to a rainbow of hues bursting from the ground, a magical show that the woods ...

(WJW) – Spring is in the air — and it stinks! The Ohio Department of Natural Resources recently shared on social media that, Skunk Cabbage, the state’s first wildflower to bloom each spring has ...

While spring still feels like a ways away, a sign of warmer weather is coming in the form of a stinky wildflower.Skunk cabbage, a native wildflower, is now blooming, with some being spotted in ...

Well before the last snowdrifts have receded, a mysterious plant is already emerging from its winter slumber. Skunk cabbage is a funky-looking, flowering wild perennial plant that is among the first ...

Trout Lily and Spring Beauty are two ephemeral wildflowers that bloom in early spring before trees leaf out. They rely on insects and other wildlife for pollination and seed dispersal. Gardeners can ...

Even though some nighttime temperatures are still below freezing, daytime temperatures are generally getting warmer, as is evidenced by lawns and fields. Grass is getting green, especially big tufts ...

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3) Skunk cabbages produce large amounts of heat through a form of respiration. This leads to a phenomenon I recall from my youth: the skunk cabbage spathes melt their way through the snow and are ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WKBN) — Ohio’s first blooming wildflower of ...

Tomorrow is the official first day of spring. March 20 is the spring equinox, when the sun is directly above the equator and day and night are of equal lengths. Plants (and birds and most other ...