Lilium philadelphicum L.
wood lily
Liliaceae
Introduction to Vascular Plants
wood lily
Liliaceae
Introduction to Vascular Plants
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Lilium philadelphicum var. andinum
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a kidney-shaped, fleshy-scaled, whitish bulb 2-3 cm wide; stems 30-70 cm tall, sturdy, smooth.
Leaves:
Usually in 1 or 2 whorls of 6 on the upper stem, the lower leaves alternate, usually overlapping, linear to narrowly lanceolate, 5-10 cm long, 0.3-1.2 cm wide, smooth.
Flowers:
Inflorescence usually of a single flower, sometimes 2 or 3 in an umbel-like cluster, large, showy, erect atop the stem; flowers orange to brick-red, lighter and purplish-dotted in the throat, goblet-shaped, of 6 similar, distinct tepals, the tepals narrowly egg-shaped, tapering to a long claw, 5-7 cm long, 1-2 cm wide; stamens 6; pistil 1, 3-chambered.
Fruits:
Capsules, erect, cylindric-egg-shaped, not sharply 6-angled, 2-5 cm long; seeds numerous, flattened.
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Lilium philadelphicum
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1212 | 651 | 2200 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
25 | 0 | 80 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
178 | 29 | 317 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 1 | 5 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
77 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ICH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
ESSF(8), ICH(27), IDF(17), MS(12), PP(1), SBS(3) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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