Identification: Wild riparian plant

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  1. phlegethon

    phlegethon Active Member

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    I found this growing adjacent to a colony of Lizard's Tail in a swampy area adjacent to a stream.
     

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    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    Obviously an Aroid, and if you were anywhere further south I'd be tempted to say it was a Xanthosoma. However, you're well into seasonally-dormant-land. Maybe Arum of some sort? A. maculatum is fairly common up there if memory serves.
     
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    Here's one more of the leaf, it has a little tendril where it comes to a point.
     

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    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    For me, that confirms Arum.
     
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    Thanks for the ID.
     

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