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Relict Trillium
Trillium reliquum
33.5285, -82.0037
Field Notes
Description:
Relict Trillium is a perennial, flowering, herbaceous plant of the Liliaceae family.
Habitat:
It is a federally endangered species found only in the southeastern region of the United States: southwest, central and east central Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. It grows in undisturbed hardwood forests that sometimes include mature pines and that are free of understory plants such as bushes and vines. It likes moist, well-drained soils along the banks of streams and small stream floodplains, mixed with other wildflowers and forest debris. This one was photographed at Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve in North Augusta (Aiken County), SC.
Notes:
It is also known as Relict trillium, Confederate trillium, and Confederate wakerobin. It is a relict species, meaning there are a few remaining groups of a species that was once more abundant when conditions were different. Significant habitat loss has occurred through clearing of forests for agricultural and pine farm uses.
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