Canada Lily is a tall, graceful native lily of moist meadows and forest edges that produces nodding orange, yellow, or red spotted flowers on tall stems reaching 5 feet. It is one of the showiest native wildflowers in eastern North America. Ruby-throated hummingbirds and large swallowtail butterflies visit the nodding flowers for nectar.
Habitat
Moist meadows, forest edges, and stream corridors in eastern North America
Diet
Nectar consumed by ruby-throated hummingbirds and tiger swallowtail butterflies
How common
Uncommon
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