Day Lily Devouring Deer

Hi William - interesting post! I was first introduced to day lilies when a friend fried some up for me in college. Apparently all parts are edible for people too! You may not be aware that they are also not native to North America and are becoming very invasive in places. Non native plants provide limited resources for very few generalist species, like deer. It gets even worse when these types of species begin invading natural areas, because they in a sense ‘sterilize’ naturalize areas by outcompeting native plants and providing for no specialist species. Behind outright habitat destruction, this is probably the second most damaging thing humans are doing to our native biodiversity, and something that we each can actively play a part in changing. Perhaps consider replacing your day lilies with one of the thousands of beautiful species native to eastern North America!