Wood Lily is a strikingly beautiful native lily that holds its vivid orange-red flowers upright rather than nodding, adapted for pollination by swallowtail butterflies and hummingbirds that can approach from above. It grows in dry, open prairies, meadows, and forest openings across a vast range from coast to coast. Populations have declined with habitat loss.
Habitat
Dry prairies, open meadows, and forest openings across boreal North America
Diet
Nectar consumed by swallowtail butterflies and hummingbirds
How common
Uncommon
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