Hemerocallis—Daylily

Submitted by 6EL14 on Mon, 2011-01-31 14:12

We have done a study at Massabesic Middle School, in which we were assigned quadrats, and asked to pick out a plant from our quadrat and identify it, then submit our findings to Vital Signs. I have identified my plant, but I found that the species of my plant (Daylily) was not on a species card, so I thought that it would be appropriate to submit my findings this way.

Project Information
City or Town: 
Waterboro
School or Organization: 
Massabesic Middle School
Resources I used to create this project: 
Pictures that I took of my plant, the internet, and a flower identification book.
How should others reference your work?: 
6EL14, Hemerocallis—Daylily, Vital Signs Program, 10/18/10
application/msword iconvital_signs.doc

Comments

Submitted by 6EL14 on Thu, 2011-06-02 10:24.

Yesterday I went out and checked on the plant

The day lily (or lilies, I should say because there are now two) seems to have regrown and is now green and healthy once more (it seems to be healthier now than when I first saw it actually). My quadrat has also undergone some changes, new plants have grown and others have spread. It is still shady and wet, as always, though! This means that there are a lot of mosquitoes!

Submitted by 6EL14 on Mon, 2011-04-04 13:29.

I just checked up on the plant

I recently checked on the plant that I think is a Daylily, and it still appears to be dead, further supporting my theory that it had drowned in the water that it was in (the water was ice a little while before I checked it this time, but now it's melted again).

Submitted by vitalsleuth on Thu, 2011-02-10 22:49.

are you native?

Did you find out if Hemerocallis is NATIVE to Maine? Day lilies are very popular garden plants, so may be non-native to Maine. Do a little research, see what you find out, and let us know.

Vital Signs research is focused on native and invasive species right now (not non-native species), so that may be why it's not in the list. If you have evidence otherwise, send it along.

There are lots of great lilies that are native to Maine that you should be on the look-out for this spring: blue bead lily, trout lily, Canada lily....!

Submitted by 6EL14 on Mon, 2011-02-14 14:18.

Re: are you native?

I don't know if you caught this, but in the last paragraph of my document (which I attached to this project) I noted that Hemerocallis is classified as a 'noxious weed', meaning that it is invasive. Thanks for the feedback!