Canada Lily

Lilium canadense

Found in wet meadows, clearings, coves, seepages. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

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Height: Up to about 8 feet
Light: Partial sun, Full sun
Soil moisture: Moderate, High

Lilium canadense — bloom photograph — Nichole Ouellette · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original photograph

Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

At a glance

Life cycle: Perennial
Bloom: June to July
Fruiting season: Late July to September

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Not yet recorded · Spread · Leaves

Recorded in 7 Alabama counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Named place / source context. Shown: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia and Tennessee; which part is not recorded, a neighboring state.Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields, Richard Schlecht, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Regional / representative. Shown: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee; representative habitat composite, not a documented exact viewpoint, a neighboring state.Cove hardwood forest, Hynes, Robert 'Bob', by 2012. Public domain. Source record.

Wet meadows

Open, wet, grassy or sedgy ground that is not a bog.

Seeps and springs

Places where groundwater keeps the soil or rock wet, such as seepage slopes and spring runs.

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Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

12CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Lilium

Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
Acrolepiopsis incertellaCarrionflower Moth
Geshna cannalisLesser Canna Leafroller Moth
Hymenia perspectalisSpotted Beet Webworm
Macronoctua onustaIris Border Moth, Iris Root Borer
Papaipema cataphractaBurdock Border, Potato-Stalk Borer
Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
Platynota rostranaOmnivorous Platynota
Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear

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Spodoptera latifasciaOrange-Striped Armyworm, Velvet Armyworm Moth
Xanthopastis regnatrixConvict Caterpillar, Spanish Quaker, Spanish Moth

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

2BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Lilium

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

0Specialist beesPollen specialists

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Liliaceae
Flower color: Red, orange or yellow
Fruit begins: Late July
Fruit ends: September

Growing sources and scope

Bloom · “June to July” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
Flower color · “Red, orange or yellow” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Fruit begins · “Late July” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
Fruit ends · “September” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
Height · “Up to about 8 feet” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Life cycle · “Perennial” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Light · “Partial sun (minimum requirement); Full sun (minimum requirement)” · Virginia DCR Piedmont (ranked first; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center differs) · Virginia regional planting chart; sunlight is a minimum requirement, moisture is low/moderate/high
Soil · “Moderate; High” · Virginia DCR Piedmont (ranked first; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center differs) · Virginia regional planting chart; sunlight is a minimum requirement, moisture is low/moderate/high

Conservation status

Alabama rank	S2
Global rank	G5
AL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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