Common in rich, moist forests and forest edges, especially hardwood forests

One of the first flowers to bloom each spring. A spring ephemeral that disappears above ground by late June. Yellow, nodding, solitary flowers with reflexed petals and sepals and protruding stamens on 10-15 cm stalks. Brown spots at throat. Fruit a rounded capsule. Tooth-shaped bulb.
Dull green leaves lance-shaped or oval, shiny, mottled with dark purple-brown trout-like markings. Leaves 7-20 cm long. Flowering plants produce 2 leaves; non-flowering plants only one. Grow in colonies with more 1-leaved non-flowering plants than 2-leaved flowering plants.

<span data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Non-woody (herbaceous) plants, usually with bulbs and contractile roots, flower parts divisible by 3 -- 3 petal-like sepals and 3 petals that are all separate but overlapping, 6 separate stamens and 3 fused carpels -- and alternate or whorled leaves that are simple and entire, have parallel veins, and may be on the stem or basal; includes Lilies, Cucumber-root, and Twisted-stalks. \n\nFlowers bisexual, usually symmetric in all directions (radially), conspicuous and often showy, large, sometimes solitary, on stalks or not, and at the end of the stem or its branches. Flower parts divisible by 3. Sepals and petals often with spots or lines. Ovary located above point where other flower parts are attached (superior). Nectar produced at the bases of the sepals and petals. Mostly bloom in the spring and early summer. Fruit usually a chambered capsule, occasionally a berry. Seeds usually flat and disk-shaped, seed coat not black. \n\nLeaves alternate or whorled, simple with smooth edges and parallel veins. Stipules absent. &quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:8963,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:65535},&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;16&quot;:10}">Non-woody (herbaceous) plants, usually with bulbs and contractile roots, flower parts divisible by 3 &#8212; 3 petal-like sepals and 3 petals that are all separate but overlapping, 6 separate stamens and 3 fused carpels &#8212; and alternate or whorled leaves that are simple and entire, have parallel veins, and may be on the stem or basal; includes Lilies, Cucumber-root, and Twisted-stalks.
Flowers bisexual, usually symmetric in all directions (radially), conspicuous and often showy, large, sometimes solitary, on stalks or not, and at the end of the stem or its branches. Flower parts divisible by 3. Sepals and petals often with spots or lines. Ovary located above point where other flower parts are attached (superior). Nectar produced at the bases of the sepals and petals. Mostly bloom in the spring and early summer. Fruit usually a chambered capsule, occasionally a berry. Seeds usually flat and disk-shaped, seed coat not black.
Leaves alternate or whorled, simple with smooth edges and parallel veins. Stipules absent.

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TN Erythronium americanum Salmon R NB ACCDC Sean Blaney 2009-05-11

Erythronium americanum-Salmon R NB3 ACCDC Sean Blaney 2009-05-11

Erythronium americanum Trout lily Carleton County 50618 AFlemming