Yellow Lady Slippers - a Michigan Wildflower

Yellow Lady Slippers prefer moist sandy soil at the woodland edge, yet can be found In a great diversity of habitats except the driest: moist forests (coniferous, mixed, deciduous), fens, meadows, borders of forests and clearings, often under cedar, and mostly in clearly calcareous soils. It is an endangered and protected species in Michigan. In ideal conditions, it can grow up to 3’ tall.