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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Lilium michiganense
 
 
 CLASS:    MONOCOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    LILIALES
 FAMILY:   LILIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Lilium michiganense
 AUTHORITY:  Farw.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    MICHIGAN LILY
 
 SYNONOMY:
     Lilium canadense michiganense
 
 PLANTS CODE: LICAM
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       FLOODPLAIN FOREST
         MESIC
         WET-MESIC
         WET
       FLATWOODS
       THICKETS
     PRAIRIE
       TYPICAL PRAIRIE
         WET
     WETLAND
       SWAMP
       FEN
     CULTURAL
       DEVELOPED LAND
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     CENTRAL
        Upland oak
           White/Black/Northern Red-  Oak
        Other Central Types
           River Birch - Sycamore
           Silver Maple - American Elm
     SOUTHERN
        Bottomland
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ALEXANDER       BOONE           CALHOUN         CASS            CHAMPAIGN
   CHRISTIAN       CLARK           CLINTON         COLES           COOK
   CRAWFORD        DEKALB          DEWITT          DUPAGE          EDWARDS
   EFFINGHAM       FAYETTE         FRANKLIN        FULTON          GALLATIN
   GRUNDY          HAMILTON        HARDIN          HENRY           IROQUOIS
   JACKSON         JASPER          JEFFERSON       JERSEY          JO DAVIESS
   JOHNSON         KANE            KANKAKEE        KENDALL         KNOX
   LAKE            LASALLE         LEE             LOGAN           MCDONOUGH
   MCHENRY         MCLEAN          MACOUPIN        MADISON         MARSHALL
   MASON           MASSAC          MENARD          MONROE          OGLE
   PEORIA          PERRY           PIATT           PIKE            POPE
   PULASKI         RANDOLPH        ST. CLAIR       SALINE          SANGAMON
   SCHUYLER        SHELBY          STARK           STEPHENSON      TAZEWELL
   UNION           VERMILION       WABASH          WASHINGTON      WAYNE
   WHITE           WILL            WILLIAMSON      WINNEBAGO       WOODFORD
 
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Monocot
 
 TAXONOMY COMMENTS:
     According to one author, this species includes L. canadense,
     L. superbum.
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Adventitious   (rhizomes)
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:    Whorled
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Parallel
    LEAF SHAPE:     Lanceolate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Solitary- few
    FLOWER MEROUS:  3
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Yellow
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Capsule
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Bulbs are yellow.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Common
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual   Vegetative
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      5         MONTH END-      7
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed in prairie swales, swampy meadows, prairie
     remnants along railroads, low woods in valleys, low wooded slopes;
     in areas where Ulmus americana exists; calcareous springy fens; thickets at
     prairie edges.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     EDIBLE:  Yes
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  High
 
 
 HUMAN FACTOR COMMENTS:
     Species does well in cultivation and in wildflower gardens
     in either sun or shade, and multiplies over the years. Bulbs
     may be cooked and eaten.
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:    No data entered
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1975.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.  494 pp.
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 pp.
Swink, F., and G. S. Wilhelm.  1979.  Plants of the Chicago region.  Third ed.
     The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois.  922 pp.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Lilium michiganense
 
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 ILPIN was developed by Louis Iverson*, with data compiled by David Ketzner and Jeanne Karnes
 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
     *currently employed by USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Rd., Delaware, OH 43015