Taxonomy: Kingdom - Plantae (plants). Subkingdom - Tracheobionta (vascular plants). Superdivision - Spermatophyta (seed plants). Division - Magnoliophyta. Class - Liliopsida. Order - Liliidae. Family - Liliaceae (Lily family). Genus -Lilium L. Species - Lilium columbianum Leichtlin.
Ecology: A shade-intolerant, submontane to subalpine, Western North American forb distributed equally in the Pacific and Cordilleran regions. Occurs on moderately dry to fresh, nitrogen-medium soils within boreal, cool temperate, and cool mesothermal climates. Scattered in early-seral communities, occasional in forested communities on water-shedding, often on colluvial. sites. Characteristic of open-canopy, young-seral forests.